Franco Ordoñez

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The NPR Politics Podcast · What's Trump's beef with Senate Republicans? · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

I do think that certainly does not serve him.

I also think it's kind of a little bit more of a distraction.

I mean, I really feel like most Americans are more focused on whether their inflation is actually going up, whether gas prices continue to go up, whether food prices can be get controlled of.

That said, I mean, you can imagine how gleeful, you know, those ad writers are in Democratic political offices are as they're cutting ads for their campaigns for the upcoming midterms, because they certainly love those lines, because what they want to do over and over again is paint Republicans, the president and Republicans of being so out of touch with everyday Americans who are focused, as Thune said, on those kitchen table issues.

I'm very kind of curious to see if this kind of ends up being a little bit of a crack that kind of shows or kind of reveals the senator as being a little bit more independent of Trump's agenda.

I do have my doubts because we've kind of went down that narrative a few times.

But clearly, you know, as Sam's kind of pointing out, many Republicans have raised concerns about what they're seeing so far.

There are so many comparisons that this is, you know, just the Obama deal 2.0.

So there's big questions about that.

But I think the real question is, will they actually do something about it?

And there's one thing to kind of complain about it behind closed doors.

But will they take action such as, you know, kind of requiring Trump to, you know, seek approval from Congress, which they have not done really so far?

I don't think so.

I mean, I think you will.

I mean, look, the midterms are coming up.

It's much different than the primaries.

Some of these Republicans that we have talking about are going to be, you know, kind of appeal to more moderate, independent, Democratic voters as well.

So it suits them to kind of speak out against Trump or put a little distance between them and Trump.

But in terms of action, I guess let's see if that actually happens, because so far they've almost always stopped short.

I'm Sam Greenglass.

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