Trump attacks Republican senators after bipartisan War Powers vote limiting Venezuela military action

The Senate voted 52-47 to advance a War Powers Resolution that would prohibit President Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional approval. Five Republicans (Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Todd Young, and Rand Paul) joined all Democrats in supporting the measure introduced by Senator Paul. Trump responded on Truth Social with multiple posts attacking the vote, calling it 'stupidity' and declaring that the senators who supported it 'should never be elected to office again.' He argued the vote 'greatly hampers American Self Defense and National Security' and claimed the Vietnam-era War Powers Resolution itself was unconstitutional, asserting it violated presidential authority as Commander in Chief. The bipartisan rebuke reflects growing congressional unease over Trump's expanding military ambitions in the Western Hemisphere, particularly after lawmakers were left uninformed about U.S. military operations in late December 2025 that r...

"should never be elected to office again" — Trump's Truth Social attack on Republican senators who voted to limit his military authority in Venezuela, calling the bipartisan War Powers vote 'stupidity' that 'greatly hampers American Self Defense and National Security'