Special Poll
President Donald Trump is turning up the pressure on former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and several other Republican senators he’s branded as “disloyal,” urging them to oppose a Democratic-led resolution aimed at blocking his emergency declaration to impose tariffs on Canada.
In a fiery early-morning post on Truth Social Wednesday, Trump called on senators to “hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change,” and to fight back against what he described as the Democrats’ “wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada.” Trump claimed the Canadian government is allowing the sale of large amounts of fentanyl into the U.S. and defended his plan to tariff the value of the drug itself to make it more expensive and harder to obtain.
The post singled out McConnell, as well as Republican Senators Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Rand Paul (Kentucky) accusing them of playing “right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats and Drug Cartels” if they support the resolution to terminate his declaration.
Trump’s comments came just hours before a Senate vote on the measure, which was introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) earlier in the week. The resolution would block Trump’s effort to levy tariffs against one of America’s largest trading partners, citing concerns over both trade stability and the legality of the emergency declaration.
In his post, Trump dismissed the resolution as a political stunt, claiming “the House will never approve it,” and that even if it reached his desk, “I, as your President, will never sign it.” He added, “The Senate Bill is just a ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans, namely these four.”
The president also attacked his GOP critics more directly, questioning their motives and loyalty: “What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS? Who can want this to happen to our beautiful families, and why?”
Trump’s push adds further tension within the Republican Party, as divisions deepen over his escalating trade war policies particularly when aimed at allies like Canada. Some Senate Republicans have expressed concern about the economic impact of sweeping tariffs, especially given Canada’s longstanding trade relationship with the U.S. and the potential retaliation it could trigger.
With the vote looming, the pressure campaign from Trump could put several Republicans in a political bind caught between party loyalty and growing unease over the administration’s increasingly aggressive use of emergency powers. The outcome could determine not just the fate of the Canada tariffs, but also signal how far Senate Republicans are willing to go in challenging or enabling Trump’s most controversial decisions.