Overview

• In a CNN interview Sunday, Bacon said the GOP has grown insular, isolationist and protectionist under the president.
• He condemned Trump’s talk of pulling broadcasters’ licenses after ABC sidelined Jimmy Kimmel and called FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s threats a mistake.
• Bacon argued Trump is overreaching on tariffs, warning they are hurting Iowa and Nebraska farmers, and he nearly opposed a House procedural vote over limits on congressional checks.
• On Ukraine, he said Trump lacks moral clarity and appears too accommodating to Vladimir Putin, sending mixed signals on NATO and Kyiv.
• Preparing to leave Congress next year, Bacon said he will keep speaking out and urged Trump to lower the temperature after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.