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5 min readDonald Trump stormed into a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans and began screaming at them. The immediate trigger was a bipartisan war powers resolution that passed the day before, which restricts his ability to invade Iran. But the episode reveals a deeper fracture: Trump is refusing to sign a popular bipartisan housing bill unless Republicans first pass his voter suppression law, and he is now ordering House allies to shut down legislative business until he gets his way. The result, as one insider described it, was a "total clusterfuck."
The War Powers Blowup
The closed-door Senate GOP lunch was supposed to be routine. Instead, Donald Trump spent 90% of the time "railing on them for the war powers vote," according to reporter Jake Sherman. The resolution, which passed 50-48, restricts Trump from launching military action against Iran without congressional approval. Trump was furious that Republican senators had worked with Democrats to pass it, telling them they had made him "look so foolish."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:14) **Trump Screams at GOP Senators in Closed-Door Meeting** - Trump arrives at the Capitol and convenes a meeting with MAGA Republican senators, immediately screaming at them for passing a war powers resolution to ban him from invading Iran.
- 2 (03:18) **Cassidy vs. Trump: "You're a Loser"** - Senator Cassidy refuses to call Trump "President" and confronts him over the MOU, saying he "screwed the United States" with his catastrophic war in Iran.
- 3 (04:11) **Trump Rails on McCormick for Missing Vote** - Trump goes after Senator Dave McCormick for missing the war powers vote, even though McCormick was with Trump in Pennsylvania at the time.
- 4 (04:42) **Senators Describe the "Hospital Board Meeting"** - Senator Roger Marshall compares the meeting to a hospital board meeting where doctors are yelling at each other, but says they will "figure it out."
- 5 (05:09) **Trump Refuses to Sign Bipartisan Housing Bill** - Trump was supposed to sign a bipartisan housing bill (sponsored by Warren and Scott) to ban private equity from buying up homes, but he refuses.
- 6 (06:17) **House Shuts Down at Trump's Command** - Trump's allies in the House, led by Anna Paulina Luna, force a shutdown of House proceedings to demand passage of the Save America Act.
- 7 (07:15) **Trump Appears Out of Breath and Unwell** - Video shows Trump huffing and puffing from a short walk, struggling to breathe and speak as he approaches the press.
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump showing up to the Capitol Building to scream at the GOP and force a shut down of Congress. Zbiotics: Head to https://zbiotics.com/meidas to get 15% off your first order when you use MEIDAS at checkout. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more!
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