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Raging Trump screamed profanities at defecting Senate Republican in explosive phone call

Trump reportedly berated Collins over the vote and later said the five Republican supporters should not be reelected.

Raging Trump screamed profanities at defecting Senate Republican in explosive phone call
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This article1 analysis · Oct 11, 2026
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The Hill reported that President Donald Trump angrily called Sen. Susan Collins after she backed a Senate resolution aimed at blocking military force against Venezuela. Trump also publicly criticized Collins and four other Republican senators who supported the resolution.

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who reportedly called Collins over her vote and publicly criticized the senators who backed the resolution

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Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Senator who supported the resolution and was the subject of Trump’s reported call

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Todd Young
R · IN · SEN

Senator named as one of the Republicans who supported the resolution

Lisa Murkowski
R · AK · SEN

Senator named as one of the Republicans who supported the resolution

Josh Hawley
R · MO · SEN

Senator named as one of the Republicans who supported the resolution

Democratic Senate candidate in Maine

Maine governor and Democratic Senate candidate

Rand Paul
R · KY · SEN

Senator named as one of the Republicans who supported the resolution

ALSO MENTIONED  Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court justice mentioned in connection with Collins’s vote to confirm him

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Trump Calls and Criticizes Susan Collins After War-Powers Vote

Outlets report that Trump called Susan Collins after she supported a Senate resolution limiting further U.S. military action in Venezuela; he also publicly criticized her and other Republican senators who backed it. Left-leaning outlets center the story on Trump’s angry, profane call and response to Collins’s vote. Center outlets report the call and criticism, with some attention to Collins’s rationale and the race’s political fallout. Right-leaning outlets stress the electoral consequences of Trump’s criticism for Collins and Republicans.

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