Trump’s ‘doctor’ AI image cover-up is not enough damage control, and now GOP senators are also expressing their discomfort — Kevin Cramer | ChamberLight
President Trump's verbal attacks on the Pope and his use of a controversial AI-generated image have caused public distancing from several GOP senators amid concerns about midterm polling and foreign policy escalation.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune led the defeat of a resolution to curb military action in Iran, a move CBS News characterized as a defense of executive flexibility. While right-leaning outlets like the Conservative Institute highlight Thune’s plan to use future war funding as leverage, left-leaning Alternet frames his defense of the administration's rhetoric as damage control for the president.