‘Why the f**k should I support this guy?’ Trump’s revenge against Thune…
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This wasn’t some run-of-the-mill Trump political endorsement.
It was a message.
A lot of D.C. insiders believed that President Trump would eventually endorse RINO establishment Texas Senator John Cornyn for one reason and one reason only: the SAVE Act. The thinking was that Trump would tolerate backing a deeply unpopular RINO if it helped secure the passing of one of the biggest election integrity issues in the country.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the GOP establishmentprobably thought they had leverage.
They wanted to protect Cornyn and keep the machine running like always. Then, they could keep slow-walking the SAVE Act, string Trump and the voters along, and eventuallyforce Trump into swallowing another establishment ally “for the good of the party.”
But then something changed…
Trump realized the deal was probably never real to begin with.
And once that happened,the entire thing flipped.
Because if the SAVE Act was never truly moving, and if Senate leadership was simply using it as bait while trying to save one of the most anti-MAGA Republicans in Washington, then Trump’s decision makes perfect sense:
“Why the f**k should I support this guy?”
That question hassent shockwavesthrough the GOP establishment.
Axios looked into what reportedly happened behind the scenes. According to insiders, the SAVE Act was the only thing keeping Trump from immediately cutting Cornyn loose.
Once he realized that path was collapsing, Trump moved fast and endorsed Ken Paxton and blew up the GOP establishment.
Axios:
“The only reason the president was holding out for Cornyn was the SAVE Act,” the confidante said. “And when that became a lost cause, it was ‘Why the f*ck should I support this guy?’
“[Trump] saw some polling this weekend.… The polling showed Paxton will win in November. It might have been Paxton’s polling. But it’s Texas,” a Trump adviser said.
⚡️Zoom in: GOP lawmakers have several must-pass bills in the next five months, followed by several nice-to-pass pieces of legislation.
Trump is demandingmoney for ICE and Border Patrol before June 1. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires June 12. The farm bill needs to pass by Sept. 30.
Republicans are working to pass a housing bill to lower costs and looking for 60 votes on a billto provide market structure for cryptocurrency.
A reconciliation 3.0 package is still being discussed — with varying degrees of earnestness and snickering — in both chambers.
🙀The bottom line: Trump has always enforced GOP loyalty with raw fear, naked threats and decisive punishment.
Trump isn’t acting like someone trying to peacefully coexistwith the GOP establishment power structure. He’s looks more likesomeone who is dismantling it, piece by piece.
And his base agrees with him.
The SAVE Act should’ve been an easy win. It’s wildly popular with Republican voters and supported by a large majority of Americans. Yet somehow it keptgetting bogged down while Thune focused on protecting insiders and his establishment machine.
And the American peopleare pissed.
Now, the pot is boiling over.
And as we pointed out yesterday at Revolver,Cornyn was always the key piece in the establishment’s game.
Revolver:
Many insiders believed Trump would fall in line behind Cornyn for strategic and political reasons. The rumor floating around D.C. for months was that Senate leader John Thune desperately needed Cornyn protected. Cornyn is part of the old GOP power structure and a RINO through and through, and he’s a Thune ally. Cornyn is one of the flunkies who keeps the machine stable.
And while all this back-and-forth is going on, conservatives, and themajority of all Americans, are furious over the SAVE Act sitting in limbo collecting dust. Many believe that Thune was slow-walking the SAVE Act while quietly trying to pressure Trump into saving RINO incumbents down the road.
Then Trump nuked the game by endorsing Paxton.
Now, after a night whereTrump-backed candidates crushed their primaries, the pressure inside the GOP just changed dramatically.
Because if Cornyn suddenly looks vulnerable in Texas, then Thune’s entire power structure is also vulnerable.
https://revolver.news/2026/05/why-the-fk-should-i-support-this-guy-trumps-revenge-against-thune/
I think this is what Dan the Man was eluding too on Trump, with his X post