Trump stabbed in the back by these Republican traitors

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Donald Trump has most of the Republican Party’s support. But not everyone is on board with his agenda.

And Trump was just stabbed in the back by these Republican traitors.

In a surprising turn of events, a small group of Senate Republicans crossed party lines on Wednesday evening, teaming up with Democrats and independents to approve a measure aimed at dismantling the Trump administration’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports.

The Senate’s 51-48 vote in favor of Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) resolution could potentially end the national emergency declaration President Donald Trump used to slap tariffs on Canada earlier this year—if it manages to clear a few daunting hurdles.

Despite this Senate setback, Kaine’s resolution faces a steep climb ahead. It must win over the Republican-dominated House, a long shot at best, before landing on Trump’s desk—where the president has already promised a swift veto.

The GOP senators who sided with Kaine included Mitch McConnell (R-KY), alongside Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Rand Paul (R-KY), while Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) sat out the vote entirely.

Speaking from the Senate floor, Collins highlighted the tight economic ties between her home state and Canada, saying, “The Maine economy is integrated with Canada, our most important trading partner.” She warned that “the tariffs on Canada would be detrimental to many Maine families and our local economies.”

While Collins supports Trump’s mission to curb the influx of deadly fentanyl into the U.S., she argued that “unlike Mexico and China,” Canada isn’t fueling the drug crisis.

Trump didn’t hold back his frustration, taking to Truth Social before the vote to name and shame the GOP dissenters. He blasted Kaine’s resolution as a “ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans,” urging constituents to pressure their senators.

The president doubled down, claiming Canada plays a role in funneling fentanyl across the border and predicting the resolution’s demise: “not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it.”

The tariffs on Canada, rolled out earlier this year, were part of Trump’s push to punish the northern neighbor for what he calls lax drug trafficking controls. Canada fired back with its own 25% retaliatory tariffs.

Kaine, joined by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mark Warner (D-VA), introduced the resolution as a privileged measure, forcing the GOP-led Senate to confront it head-on.

They argued that the tariffs have rattled the U.S. economy, jacking up consumer prices, hurting workers and businesses, fraying a vital trade relationship, and risking an all-out trade war with a close ally.

On the Republican side, dissent took different flavors. McConnell pointed to rising costs and damage to Kentucky’s industries, Paul bristled at wielding emergency powers for trade policy, and Murkowski questioned the logic of picking a fight with Canada while cozying up to Russia.

Still, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) dismissed the resolution’s chances, noting that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has already pronounced it dead in the water.

Barrasso accused Kaine of trying “to undermine President Trump’s successful work to secure the Northern Border,” calling the vote a hollow gesture that won’t derail GOP efforts to bolster community safety.

The Senate’s defiance may amount to little more than a symbolic jab at Trump’s trade agenda, with the House and a veto pen standing firmly in its path.

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