Overview
- Speaking to the Detroit Economic Club, the president castigated Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Todd Young for backing a bid to curb his ability to conduct further strikes in Venezuela.
- He portrayed the Venezuela operation that led to Nicolás Maduro’s capture as a major success and said the U.S. plans to sell seized Venezuelan oil to bring down domestic prices.
- Five Republicans—Paul, Murkowski, Collins, Young, and Josh Hawley—joined Democrats to advance Sen. Tim Kaine’s resolution requiring congressional approval for any additional use of force.
- Trump did not single out Hawley in his remarks, as the White House and GOP leaders continue pressing defectors ahead of the final vote.
- In the same address, he urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and criticized Chair Jerome Powell as well as Joe Biden.