President Donald Trump blasted four Republican senators for having “Trump Derangement Syndrome” regarding his Canadian tariff policy.
“Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky, will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change and fight the Democrats wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy,” Trump wrote in a late night post on Truth Social.
His heated message called out the lawmakers ahead of a Senate vote that could interfere with the president’s national emergency declaration on the influx of illicit drugs from the northern border. Trump called for increased tariffs on Canada in an executive order.
“They are playing with the lives of the American people, and right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats and Drug Cartels,” the president wrote.
The Senate Bill is just a ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans, namely these four, in that it is not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it. Why are they allowing Fentanyl to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty,” he continued.
Trump continued his post, focusing on the GOP senators and how they have been “extremely difficult” to work with.
“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? To the people of the Great States of Kentucky, Alaska, and Maine, please contact these Senators and get them to FINALLY adhere to Republican Values and Ideals,” he wrote.
“They have been extremely difficult to deal with and, unbelievably disloyal to hardworking Majority Leader John Thune, and the Republican Party itself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump concluded.
Sen. Tim Kaine introduced the joint resolution, co-sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul, that would end Trump’s emergency declaration.
Sen. Susan Collins told Politico that she is “very likely” to support the measure, as will Murkowski.
“The Canadian tariffs will definitely have a detrimental impact on the economy of Maine and on border communities in particular,” Collins said. “We have, for example, a major paper mill in northern Maine right on the border that gets its pulp from Canada.”
“That mill alone, which is by far the biggest employer in the region, employs 510 people directly. I’ve talked to the owner of that mill: The imposition of a 25-percent tariff could be devastating,” she added.
