Trump’s Rage at GOPers Explodes as Their Defiance of Him Visibly Grows

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The other day, five Senate Republicans helped pass a measure blocking President Trump’s authority to wage war in Venezuela without Congress. That caused Trump to erupt in a crazed fury. He attacked those Republicans by name, fumed that they had weakened his authority, and raged that “they should never be elected to office again.” He even seethed at their “stupidity.” This comes amid other signs of GOP defiance: A number of House Republicans backed extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and other measures Trump opposed. Several GOP Senators openly criticized the administration’s handling of the ICE killing in Minneapolis. One slammed Stephen Miller’s comments on Greenland as “stupid.” We talked to Salon’s Amanda Marcotte, who writes well about Trump’s psychoses. We discuss how all this shows Trump’s power isn’t absolute, why he’s so desperate to keep you from realizing that, and why we shouldn’t get psyched out every time he plays tyrant on TV. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.9	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
1:03.2	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:19.7	The other day, the Senate passed a measure to block President Trump's authority to wage war in Venezuela without congressional authorization.
1:27.1	Five Republicans voted for the measure. That caused Trump to erupt in a wild fury, attacking those Republicans and saying they should never be elected to office again.
1:31.1	We think this is worth revisiting now because we've seen other indications that Republicans are slowly turning on Trump.
1:38.5	And with Trump himself suggesting in a new interview that his power is basically unlimited,
1:43.8	it's important to remember
1:45.0	that, well, no, it isn't unlimited. And we're seeing more evidence of this each day.
1:52.0	Salon's Amanda Marcotte is one of our go-to guests to talk about Trump's psychoses, so we're
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