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'Boiling point': Trump's relationship with Senate GOP frays as he 'takes shots' at leader
Trump Is the Principal, Thune Is the Fall GuyThe Actual PowerThe source of the conflict is not some abstract “tension” inside the GOP. Donald Trump is the power center. He controls the temperature, the agenda, and the damage. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is not driving the story; he is absorbing the blast radius.That matters because the article’s frame risks flattening a command structure into a personality dispute. This is not two equal factions having a disagreement. It is a president using the Senate as a subordinate organ and punishing it when it fails to obey.What HappenedThe…
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