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1/As we wrap up another crazy week in US politics, struck by how aggressive GOPers in Senate, IC community pushed back on Trump's big global plays. The intelligence community's repudiation of Trumpism was unprecedented, and epic: vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/u…
2/The Senate, led by Trump's most loyal Congressional ally, Mitch McConnell, voted 68-23 to challenge his Syria/Afghanistan withdrawals. nbcnews.com/politics/congr… It was an extraordinary rebuke of the President by his own party.
3/6 GOP Senators joined with a bi-partisan group in the House to introduce a bill which would revoke Trump's authority to unilaterally impose tariffs as he's been doing over the past two years. toomey.senate.gov/?p=news&id=2338 This is another MAJOR rebuke of the POTUS by Republicans.
4/The President's hold on the Congressional Rs is weakening, and they are far more willing to rebuke him, even on issues central to his agenda. This is a major development in Washington, perhaps even the central one in what was another very volatile week.
5/Forgot this House #NATO vote where almost EVERY House GOPer voted w/Pelosi, against Trump. Congress is in open rebellion against Trump's reckless, Putin-loving foreign policy. Is a big big story. defensenews.com/congress/2019/…
6/McConnell not sure he can hold the GOP on Trump's potential emergency declaration for the wall. washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcco… #losinghisgrip
7/Forgot this vote from back in December. Senate Rs defy the President on Yemen. Has any President had this many "no confidence" votes in their foreign policy in modern American history? nytimes.com/2018/11/28/us/…
8/House GOP Foreign Affairs Ranking Member @RepMcCaul loudly breaks from the WH on the Saudis.
9/Bipartisan Senate bill will impose tough new sanctions on Russia. nytimes.com/reuters/2019/0…
10/The WaPo's @JRubinBlogger does a good job in this piece summarizing just how deep and wide and the Congressional opposition to Trump has become. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
11/More repudiation of the President and his policies.
12/The Europeans blow off the United States at a Polish based conference on Iran. Another significant repudiation of the President.
13/Of course the biggest repudiation of Trump so far has come from Senate and House Republicans who forced him to finally agree to fund the government this year and move on. Biggest Congressional repudiation of a President since Nixon. nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/…
