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In today’s edition, Scott Bland plunges into the escalation of President Donald Trump’s attacks on representative Thomas Massie, a republican legislator who turned out to be a constant thorn on his side. In addition, we have the last of the Middle East because Trump announces a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Iran.
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Trump takes his quarrel with the GOP representative Thomas Massie at a new level
By Scott Bland
Representative Thomas Massie has been an intraparty irritant for Donald Trump for years, but to the point that the president has decided to try to crush the Kentucky Republican in primary. So far.
Two of Trump’s best political advisers are Launch of a super heat pump dedicated to opposition to Massie In his primary in 2026, after the criticism of Massie, the American strikes commissioned by Trump in Iran this weekend. Trump and Massie also exchanged beards on social networks in the last 48 hours, with Trump Publish on Truth Social“Take this” tramp “out of the office, as soon as possible !!!”, and Massie say on x That the actions of the president are not “American first”.
But the formation of the new political group is a little further than Trump never took place despite the fact of annoyance with Massie, often a lonely “no” vote and inspired by the libertarian even when most of the Gop Chamber supports something – like the vote last month to advance last month to advance Trump tax and expenditure package.
It should be one of the first tests of next year on Trump’s grip on the Republican Party, the power of the political war chest which he continues to accumulate despite his limited time and the ability to stay against his descending version of the GOP to maintain a traction locally.
Before this electoral cycle, Massie had Courter Trump’s anger on several other high -level occasionsIncluding an early cocvid help effort in 2020, when Trump described it as “third stands” on social networks.
Massie was one of the rare Republicans of the Chamber who approved Florida Governor Ron Desantis for the President on Trump in the 2024 primary. Again, Trump’s anger about the one who ceased a real approval for a main opponent.
Now, however, it seems that the president’s embarrassment will come across Massie with his money and perhaps even this powerful approval, if the Trump team can find a credible challenger this time. Massie uses Trump’s opposition as an opportunity to collect funds, but that will not measure everything that Trump can be broadcast in Kentucky against him.
As Jonathan Allen underlinesTrump previously targeted republican operators in primaries. More specifically, during the 2022 electoral cycle, he sought to overthrow the GOP legislators who voted to attack him after the attack of January 6, 2021 against the American Capitol. In the end, eight of the 10 Republicans in the Chamber lost their primaries or refused to request a re -election.
And last year, Trump supported Successful primary challenge To Virginia Bob Good, who was the president of the House Freedom Caucus at the time.
Trump announces a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Iran
President Donald Trump Announced on social truth Tonight, Israel and Iran had accepted a ceasefire.
“Congratulations to everyone!” It was fully agreed and between Israel and Iran that there will be a complete and total ceasefire (in around 6 hours, when Israel and Iran have finished and finished their in progress, the final missions!), For 12 hours, how much war will be considered, finished! “, Trump wrote.
The announcement occurred a few hours after Iran launched a missile strike against the Al Udeid air base in Qatar, which stations of the thousands of American troops, in retaliation for the United States, bombing its nuclear sites this weekend.
Trump had says it No American was injured and that “almost no damage was caused”. He added that Iran had given an “early notice” of the attack.
Consider our latest reports on the conflict in the Middle East:
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