Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy ‘yelling’: Lunch with Republican senators turns heated over US-Iran MOU
president Donald Trump On Tuesday, as critical primaries continued across the United States, I attended a lunch with Republican senators. But according to CNN, the atmosphere at lunch between the President of the United States and the senators was not harmonious.
According to CNNRepublican senators from Louisiana clashed with Trump at a luncheon over the ongoing dispute over the Iran memorandum of understanding. The outlet described it as a “shouting match” between Trump and Cassidy, with both men raising the decibel level in their attacks on each other.
MS NOW reports Cassidy confronted Trump over a memorandum of understanding with Iran, with Cassidy “yelling” at Trump. The Daily Caller even claimedCiting sources, Cassidy called Trump a “total asshole” and said the former was “crazy about Iran.”
Trump reportedly called Cassidy a “crazy guy” after Cassidy refused to stop and sit down. Additionally, it claimed Cassidy called Trump his “brother,” which Trump denied, saying he was not Cassidy’s brother.
Trump claimed after the lunch that the meeting was “great” and that the Republican Party was “very united.” Trump did not speak directly about his interactions with Cassidy, saying: “We really like everybody in the room. I don’t like a few people, but that’s okay, I think you know who they are.”
Bill Cassidy responds
Bill Cassidy provided more details about what sparked the “shouting match” and elaborated on his claims. He explained the reason for their conflict and how Trump “lost his temper” that led to their feud.
“He (Trump) asked, ‘Why would anyone vote for the War Powers Act?'” Cassidy told reporters after the meeting. “I stood up and said, ‘You didn’t tell the American people what was going on. It was supposed to last four weeks and it ended up going four months. Our original goals were not met and I want to know what happened.'”
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Cassidy claimed that Trump then “lost his temper” and began yelling, but he responded with the same “tone and volume” as the president. That worried other senators, Cassidy said. “At some point, the guy next to me said ‘Okay, Bill, sit down,’ so I sat down and tried to deescalate the situation.”
“I make no apology for standing up to the president, if you will, to try to demand that more information be shared with the Senate and that more information be shared with the American people,” he added. “Even though I was speaking to the president, I was going to defend the American people.”
