President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the rain after arriving on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 30, 2025. Sen. Rand Paul does a TV interview in the Russell Senate Office Building, June 3, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP | Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
President Donald Trump is ramping up his criticism of Republican senators who are threatening to complicate the passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which advances his legislative agenda.
On Tuesday, he railed against Sen. Rand Paul in a social media post after the Kentucky Republican publicly criticized the House-passed megabill.
Paul opposes the bill because of a debt ceiling increase in it that he said would "explode deficits." Paul said at an event in Iowa last week that the cuts in