Trump Asks Congressional Republicans to 'Unify' As 'Save America Act' Fight Intensifies

Cameron Arcand / Townhall Tipsheet

 

President Donald Trump wants to get the House back in motion, as some Republicans wanted to pause action in the lower chamber in protest of the SAVE America Act not getting passed in the Senate. 

While the act is considered an extremely high legislative priority of the president, he expressed the need for a cohesive Republican Party following a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday afternoon. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and other lawmakers had intended not to vote on any rules to keep the House from voting on any legislation. 

“House Republicans should unify, and stop voting down ‘Rules’ or, threatening to do so,” he posted to Truth Social. 

“Giving power to the Radical Left Dumocrats in the House to control what goes up for a Vote will make our outcomes worse, not better. No more grandstanding, please! They are the Dumocrats, and we can’t let them WIN! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he added. Read more, and see Xs here.

Iranian dissidents warn Trump of handing regime a ‘victory it could never win on the battlefield’ in peace talks

Jonathan Harounoff / NEW YORK POST

Iranian dissidents are warning the Trump administration to stay tough and be wary of the Islamic Republic’s deception as it tries to end the war there.

Last week’s 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the US and Iran ended fighting and set the stage for 60 days of broader talks aimed at dismantling the regime’s nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

But members of the disapora say the US risks emboldening a regime that has repeatedly violated past commitments and has a long track record of repression and regional destabilization.

“This agreement hands Iran a victory it could never win on the battlefield, just as Hamas and Hezbollah have repeatedly used ceasefires, not as peace, but as leverage to attack again,” said Pedram Bral, Iranian-born Republican Mayor of Great Neck. 

The fragile peace was tested Thursday as Iran attacked a Singaporean cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, which it has largely closed since the war, and threatened further action against “violators” who didn’t obey its routes.

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Trump gets into shouting match with Sen. Bill Cassidy over Iran war in closed-door meeting

Josh Christenson, Ryan King and Ally Goelz / NEW YORK POST

WASHINGTON — President Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) got into a shouting match during a lunch meeting Wednesday over the US war with Iran, according to sources and lawmakers who were in attendance.

GOP senators described Trump as being “mad as a murder hornet” and raising his voice at the Louisiana Republican for joining three other Republicans in a vote limiting his wartime authority.

Cassidy — who later quipped that the talks went “swimmingly” — called the president “my brother” several times during the heated exchange to lower tensions, Senate GOP sources said. The president spat back that Cassidy wasn’t his brother and told him to sit down, per CNN.

“[Trump] did not particularly care for my comments, raised his voice, I lost my temper,” Cassidy later recounted to reporters. “It’s the Irish in me.” 

“But again I matched his tone and his volume, and it went back and forth,” he further explained. “So I sat down and tried to de-escalate. I guess my point is, though, that the American people need to know more than we are being told. The Senate needs to know.” Read more, and see photos here.

Israel furious with Trump for being left out of the US-Iran peace talks: ‘It’s a huge mess’

Ronny Reyes and Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post

Many on Israel’s right are fuming at President Trump about the Jewish state’s exclusion from the US-Iran peace talks and the fate of the war against Hezbollah.

Shima Shine, an ex-Mossad official and INSS senior researcher, told The Post it was a mistake to keep Israel at arms-length from the negotiating table, especially when the deal hinges on its current fight with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

“What did America think about that? How did they think that they can — at the same time — talk with Iran about Lebanon and force Israel to stop, and then bring the Israelis and the Lebanese to negotiate two sides when they are not in any way part of the negotiations with Iran,” Shine said.

“I really think it’s a huge mess,” she added.

After details of the memorandum of understanding were published last week, the Israel Hayom newspaper — owned by Miriam Adelson, one of Trump’s biggest, pro-Israel backers — published a scathing opinion piece accusing him of betraying the Jewish state.

Iran lays out what 'will never be' included in negotiations with the United States

Covered by: Greg Norman-Diamond, Emma Bussey and Morgan Phillips / FOX NEWS

 

WHAT TO KNOW

• The results of the latest U.S.-Iran negotiations in Switzerland include measures to prevent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz and the creation of a "deconfliction cell" to help enforce the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement, including in Lebanon.

• Israel and Lebanon are set to hold talks in Washington, D.C., from Tuesday, June 23 to Thursday, June 25, according to the State Department. The two sides are working to "make progress toward a lasting peace."

• The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday it will continue "to remove immediate threats and will not allow the Hezbollah terrorist organization to harm Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers."

• Data and intelligence company Kpler said Tuesday that 39 ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, June 22.

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An interesting turn of events:  A senior U.S. official told Fox News Digital earlier this month that there was a "split" inside the administration on support of the Iran MOU

Unsettling ‘jellyfish’ drones spotted by downed US fighter pilot hints Iran is beefing up war tech: expert

Chris Nesi / NEW YORK POST

The unsettling swarm of drones that a downed US pilot in Iran said moved in a bizarre “jellyfish-like” formation indicates the Iranian regime has devoted significant resources to beefing up its drone program — so it can counter the conventional battlefield tech of its rivals.

“They are adapting faster than us,” Brett Velicovich, drone expert and founder of Powerus, told The Post.

“Iran has spent years developing capabilities designed to offset the overwhelmingly conventional advantages of the United States and its allies.” 

The unnamed F-15 pilot, who was rescued April 3 after hiding deep in enemy territory in the Zagros Mountains for more than a day, described a “minefield of drones” hovering in the air — which he surmised could have helped Iran shoot his plane down.

Velicovich said it was possible the injured pilot — who was badly concussed — might not have been seeing straight when he observed the swarm, but said what he saw could have been a so-called “mothership” drone.