President Donald Trump sure is making it hard to be his friend. Despite having more members firmly in the MAGA camp, House Republicans have spent most of his second term squabbling amongst themselves. Instead, it’s been GOP senators who have been his most surprising ride-or-dies, helping advance Trump’s agenda at a pace that belies the body’s usual slow crawl.
As Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has struggled to wrangle his caucus, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., by contrast has been tenaciously driving the White House’s agenda forward. It was always bound to be a thankless task for Thune to keep the famously distractable president on the best route. But the last month has seen Trump throw roadblock after roadblock directly in Thune’s path, making it almost impossible to avoid this week’s major collision.
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