{"id":2618580,"date":"2026-06-24T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-trumps-explosive-meeting-with-gop-senators\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:34:49","slug":"inside-trumps-explosive-meeting-with-gop-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-trumps-explosive-meeting-with-gop-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Trump&#8217;s explosive meeting with GOP senators"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finside-trumps-explosive-meeting-with-gop-senators%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2618580&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>during a Wednesday lunch with Senate Republicans, President Donald Trump and the group discussed the SAVE America Act, but the conversation was mostly dominated by Trump\u2019s grievances. The meeting focused heavily on the Iran conflict, following the Senate\u2019s recent passage of a measure to limit Trump\u2019s war powers, which Trump criticized, especially targeting Senators Dave McCormick and Bill Cassidy. Tensions escalated to the point where Cassidy and Trump where reportedly yelling at each other. Trump also voiced anger over his impeachments, his call with Zelensky, and the numerous indictments he faced. The meeting was described as winding and unfocused, with trump speaking off-the-cuff and Republicans struggling for input. The session revealed a need for more regular communication between trump and Senate Republicans, with some suggesting Vice President JD Vance should be more involved. Leader John Thune advised Trump not to veto a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-democrats-on-shaky-ground-ahead-of-2026-with-katie-hobbs-vulnerable-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Arizona Democrats on shaky ground ahead of 2026, with Katie Hobbs vulnerable ... Washington Examiner\">bipartisan housing bill<\/a>, emphasizing the importance of cooperation. the gathering was marked by heated exchanges and highlights the disconnect within the Republican leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4623122\/johnson-says-trump-agreed-save-america-off-ramp\/\">SAVE America Act<\/a> barely came up at a Wednesday lunch with Senate Republicans that became a vent session for President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran conflict<\/a> consumed much of the closed-door meeting, which took place <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4621571\/senate-rebukes-trump-on-iran-war-with-symbolic-resolution\/\">one day after the Senate passed<\/a> a measure to limit his war powers, and Trump was fuming over the four Republicans who helped Democrats with that vote. Trump blamed Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), whose decision to attend an event with the president in Pennsylvania was not decisive but hurt the GOP\u2019s vote count. Most of his anger, though, was directed at Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), one of the \u201cno\u201d votes.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4623020\/postmaster-general-david-steiner-usps-no-cash-senate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Postmaster general waves red flag as Senate puts foot down on giving USPS more money: \u2018We are out of cash\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4622773\/postmaster-general-spar-senate-democra-mail-in-ballot\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Postmaster general spars with Senate Democrats over mail-in ballot restrictions<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4622773\/postmaster-general-david-steiner-spars-senate-democrats-mail-in-ballots\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Postmaster general spars with Senate Democrats over mail-in ballot restrictions<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exchange got so heated that Cassidy and Trump were openly yelling at one another, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the lunch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was, \u2018Sit down, no, I\u2019m not gonna sit down. You sit down \u2014 OK, I\u2019ll sit down, but not because you\u2019re telling me to,\u201d said one of those sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president also fumed over his two impeachments, religitating the Republicans who voted to convict him and his \u201cperfect\u201d call with Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump also complained about the \u201c87 indictments\u201d he said were subsequently thrown at him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe covered a lot of territory. He talked a lot about Iran, aired a bunch of internal grievances within the conference,\u201d said one source who described Trump\u2019s remarks as winding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s Trump, so there was a lot of weave,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe, as he usually does, spoke more off-the-cuff, instead of from a prepared speech,\u201d said the second source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting opened with Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the host of the lunch, advocating the SAVE America Act, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-dems-looking-to-take-control-of-u-s-elections\/\" title=\"McConnell: Dems looking to take control of U.S. elections\">sweeping election bill<\/a> that has stalled in the Senate. Scott discussed the ways in which Republicans could pass the bill, including eliminating the filibuster and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-expect-as-senate-republicans-launch-save-act-debate\/\" title=\"What to expect as ... launch SAVE Act debate\">open-ended period<\/a> of debate that might allow them to sidestep it. Trump then closed the lunch with a \u201cparting message,\u201d warning that voters won\u2019t turn out in November if the Senate does not find a way to get the bill to his desk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otherwise, Trump dominated the meeting with unrelated concerns, and one source said Republicans were barely able to get a word in edge-wise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery once in a while, somebody would interject a word or two, but that was the only line of significant dialogue,\u201d said the source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the lead sponsor of the SAVE America Act, did not get a chance to speak, and\u00a0Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) stayed silent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4622974\/thune-trump-veto-bipartisan-housing-bill\/\"><strong>THUNE URGES TRUMP NOT TO VETO BIPARTISAN HOUSING BILL: \u2018HOPE HE DOESN\u2019T GO THERE\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the sources said the way the meeting went is evidence that Trump and Senate Republicans need to meet together more regularly, and that it would be beneficial for Vice President JD Vance to come to the Capitol more frequently as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt reaffirms to me the notion that we need to have the president and senators spending more time together,\u201d said the source. \u201cI think there\u2019s a lot to be gained by keeping those <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >communication lanes wide open<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump vented at GOP lunch over Iran, war powers, and bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2618581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26175674399336-e1782328885232.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6203,4470,5894,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2618580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gop","tag-meeting","tag-politics","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26175674399336-e1782328885232.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2618580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618584,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618580\/revisions\/2618584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2618580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2618580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2618580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}