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Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire?
With razor-thin majorities in Congress, the US president needs the votes of the very people whose careers he has destroyed As Abba’s Dancing Queen played, Donald Trump walked across a lawn featuring cornhole, oversized Connect Four, a ferris wheel and a food tent offering short ribs, mac and cheese and apple pie. Members of Congress and their families had come for the annual White House picnic . But not every member of Congress. Missing the fun was Thomas Massie, a longtime thorn in the US president’s side. Massie was at home in Kentucky, suffering a primary election defeat that made him the latest victim of Trump’s revenge tour. “We won the Massie thing,” the president told guests at the picnic on Tuesday evening. “He was a bad guy. He deserves to lose.” Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire?, With razor-thin majorities in Congress, the US president needs the votes of the very people whose careers he has destroyed As Abba’s Dancing Queen played, Donald Trump walked across a lawn featuring cornhole, oversized Connect Four, a ferris wheel and a food tent offering short ribs, mac and cheese and apple pie. Members of Congress and their families had come for the annual White House picnic . But not every member of Congress. Missing the fun was Thomas Massie, a longtime thorn in the US president’s side. Massie was at home in Kentucky, suffering a primary election defeat that made him the latest victim of Trump’s revenge tour. “We won the Massie thing,” the president told guests at the picnic on Tuesday evening. “He was a bad guy. He deserves to lose.” Continue reading…
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- Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire?The Guardian - 2026-05-23T10:00:25+00:00
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