Washington (USA), June 24 (LaPresse) – Donald Trump and Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy clashed sharply over the handling of the war in Iran during a closed-door lunch at the Capitol between the president and Senate Republicans. This was reported to CNN by several people present. One source described the lunch as very heated. Trump, the source said, was furious over yesterday’s Senate vote to limit his war powers. The president had an intense shouting exchange with Cassidy on this issue: the two repeatedly interrupted each other while Cassidy criticised Trump’s decisions on the war, while the president pushed back forcefully, according to multiple sources. Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, a close Trump ally, confirmed to reporters that the two had “different views on Iran.” Republican Senator Jon Husted described the exchange as “memorable.” Yesterday, Cassidy—who lost the Republican primary in Louisiana to a Trump-backed challenger—had joined three other Republican colleagues in voting for a formal censure motion against the president over his handling of the war. Senator John Cornyn, another outgoing Republican defeated in the primaries by a Trump-backed rival, joked after the meeting: “A nice message of unity.”
USA, CNN sources: sparks between Trump and GOP senator during Capitol meeting
Washington (USA), June 24 (LaPresse) – Donald Trump and Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy clashed sharply over the handling of the war in Iran during a closed-door lunch at the Capitol between the president and Senate Republicans. This was reported to CNN by several people present. One source described the lunch as very heated. Trump, the source said, was furious over yesterday’s Senate vote to limit his war powers. The president had an intense shouting exchange with Cassidy on this issue: the two repeatedly interrupted each other while Cassidy criticised Trump’s decisions on the war, while the president pushed back forcefully, according to multiple sources. Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, a close Trump ally, confirmed to reporters that the two had “different views on Iran.” Republican Senator Jon Husted described the exchange as “memorable.” Yesterday, Cassidy—who lost the Republican primary in Louisiana to a Trump-backed challenger—had joined three other Republican colleagues in voting for a formal censure motion against the president over his handling of the war. Senator John Cornyn, another outgoing Republican defeated in the primaries by a Trump-backed rival, joked after the meeting: “A nice message of unity.”
