The Senate could vote Wednesday night on legislation that would be an awkward setback on Trump's “Liberation Day" celebration.
The resolution, largely led by Democrats, would upend the emergency declaration Trump used for his tariffs on imports from Canada, and the upper chamber's GOP leaders are bracing for its passage.
It would need some Republican support, but its passage appears likely and has already caught Trump’s attention.
He took aim at Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Susan Collins (Maine), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) in a 235-word Truth Social post Wednesday, urging the quartet to “get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change.”
“The Senate Bill is just a ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans, namely these four, in that it is not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it," Trump wrote. "To the people of the Great States of Kentucky, Alaska, and Maine, please contact these Senators and get them to FINALLY adhere to Republican Values and Ideals. They have been extremely difficult to deal with and, unbelievably disloyal to hardworking Majority Leader John Thune, and the Republican Party itself."
The Hill's Alexander Bolton notes: "The resolution doesn’t have the force of law and won’t get a vote in the House, but it is a powerful expression of opposition to Trump’s trade war against Canada."