Trump Is Now Taking Out GOP Incumbents for No Reason
The president sees his party’s senators as obligated to be doormats. This week, he reminded them that there are consequences for being anything else.
May 30, 20265:45 AM
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Danielle Villasana/Getty Images and Stewart F. House/Getty Images.
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a newsletter that sees the cage-match construction at the White House and wonders how long it will be before President Donald Trump announces the America 250 pole-dancing contest on the Washington Monument.












