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The Daily Punch

Trump's losing streak

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump is suddenly taking losses from his own friends and allies, especially on Capitol Hill. From Trump’s White House ballroom security funding to his “anti-weaponization” fund, Anna and Jake discuss the latest. Plus, inside a big primary day and what we’re watching.  Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at ⁠⁠punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Trump's losses keep piling up. Number two, Dems have too many targets when it comes to Marco Rubio. And number three, it is a big primary day. All right, Jake, let's get to it.

1:01.3

We are leading off Punch Bull News AM edition with a lengthy top focused on all of the different ways that President Donald Trump is facing losses,

1:14.8

particularly when it comes to his own party.

1:18.8

They are in very different places when it comes to the billion dollar ballroom, when it comes to the weaponization fund,

1:26.2

when it comes to the war in iran and funding it i mean

1:29.8

it's not trump versus democrats it's trump versus republicans jake yeah and and now the losses are

1:36.6

piling up as you said right they're they're actively bucking the president on the ballroom

1:41.9

trump's battleships that he wants to build.

1:44.6

The Trump class battle, I don't even know.

1:46.1

I guess what that's what they're calling it.

1:47.4

The battleships are, as Bres wrote, and God, this is cringy, but I like it.

1:52.2

They are steaming into a wave of skepticism, excuse me, at the House Armed Services Committee.

1:59.5

So a big pun there.

2:01.4

The House is voting on a Ukraine aid bill that several dozen Republicans are likely to vote for.

2:06.9

And they are in the process of killing the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

2:12.9

A lot of losses for the administration on Capitol Hill.

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