Trump Blasts Republican Senators Over Tariffs Loyalty Test

PresidentDonaldTrumplashedoutatfourRepublicansenatorsonWednesday,accusingthemofdisloyaltyforopposinghispushtoimposetariffsonCanadaoverfentanyltrafficking. InapostonTruthSocial,TrumpnamedSenatorsMitchMcConnellandRandPaulofKentucky,SusanCollinsofMaine,andLisaMurkowskiofAlaska,andsaidthattheywere“playingwiththelivesoftheAmericanpeople.” SenateDemocratsadvancedaresolutionaimedatoverturningtheemergencydeclarationTrumpusedtojustifythetariffs.ItunderscorestensionswithintheRepublicanPartyovertradepolicyandtheuseofexecutivepower. TrumphasarguedthetariffsarenecessarytopenalizeCanadafornotstoppingtheflowoffentanylintotheU.S.,framingthemoveasamatterofnationalsecurity.Criticswithinhisownpartyviewthestrategyaseconomicallyriskyanddiplomaticallystrained. WhyItMattersTheinternalGOPriftcomesatatimewhentheTrumpadministrationandCongresscontinuegrapplingwiththeopioidcrisis,whichfentanylhasexacerbated. BytargetingCanada—akeyU.S.tradingp