Trump calls – President Donald Trump attacked four House Republicans—Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett, Warren Davidson and Thomas Massie—after they joined Democrats to pass a vote that limited his war powers while negotiations to end the war with the Islamic Republic of Iran
When President Donald Trump fired off a message late Monday, it wasn’t just about the vote. It was about the timing—he said the House acted just as he was trying to reach the “final negotiations” to end the war with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In a post, Trump complained that the House voted, “4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats,” to limit his War Powers. He framed the action as a rebuke delivered “right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” calling it “a meaningless vote.”
He portrayed the lawmakers’ decision as a deliberate sabotage, writing: “Who would do such an unpatriotic thing. They know where the negotiations stand.”
Trump added that the Democrats were motivated by what he called “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” asserting that “They would rather have our Country fail than give me another, of many, victories.”
The sharpest part of his response landed on the Republicans who crossed party lines. Trump said, “The four Republicans, that’s a whole other story – They’re GRANDSTANDERS! They should be ashamed of themselves.”
Those four GOP members were Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan, Warren Davidson of Ohio, and Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who has frequently been a critic of Trump.
The contrast was stark. Democrats and Republicans were not split along familiar party lines in the House vote Trump condemned, and Trump did not hide his frustration that right-leaning lawmakers he views as disloyal would not back him “100% agreeing on everything he does.”
He kept returning to the same theme—loyalty tied to the negotiations. In his framing, the lawmakers weren’t just voting against him; they were interrupting the moment he described as decisive for ending the war with Iran.
Still, the pushback inside the political fight is clear from Trump’s own language. He accused others of grandstanding while targeting members of his own party for doing it. setting up a familiar clash: a president insisting that dissent is obstruction. and lawmakers choosing a vote they believed was worth casting even while negotiations were ongoing.
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