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CatWoman

(80,245 posts)
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:15 PM Friday

Trump called Susan Collins on the phone and cursed her out

Trump Went on ‘Profanity-Laced Rant’ at Susan Collins in Angry Phone Call: Report

President Donald Trump phoned Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and laid into the senator for voting in favor of a war powers measure this week after the U.S. invaded Venezuela on Saturday and abducted President Nicolas Maduro.

On Thursday, five Republicans joined all 47 Democratic senators in voting to advance legislation that would require the president to obtain congressional approval before taking further military action against the South American country. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young were the other Republicans who backed the measure.

The Hill reported on Friday that Collins was on the business end of a tense phone call in which Trump shredded her over her vote.

“He called her and then basically read her the riot act,” one Republican senator anonymously told The Hill, saying the president went on a “profanity-laced rant.”

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-went-on-profanity-laced-rant-at-susan-collins-in-angry-phone-call-report/

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Trump called Susan Collins on the phone and cursed her out (Original Post) CatWoman Friday OP
This is my concerned face: RockRaven Friday #1
lol CatWoman Friday #6
Actually I'm kinda Troubled..... Ars Longa Friday #18
FAFO. - deplorables will be deplorables malaise 16 hrs ago #44
I wonder if she still thinks he's learned his lesson? AllyCat Friday #2
Lol how shes still a republican SSJVegeta Friday #3
I describe them as dweller Friday #31
Is that what these elected are afraid of? Just take care of your constituents and they'll vote for you Deuxcents Friday #4
I agree stillspkg Saturday #37
Such a gentleman to those 1950s Republican ladies bucolic_frolic Friday #5
Fuck the both of them. Blue Owl Friday #7
Republicans demand party unity and to march in lockstep. Emile Friday #8
Our maybe goose step Maine Abu El Banat Friday #28
AKA GOOSE STEP Skittles Friday #30
I am evolving on how I feel about this news. Johonny Friday #9
I'm concerned. Solly Mack Friday #10
Damn! Xolodno Friday #12
You could always talk about how he assured you he wasn't going to do anything bad. Solly Mack Friday #15
I waffle between UpInArms Friday #11
"Thank you sir, may I have a another" Bristlecone Friday #13
Performative bullshit edhopper Friday #14
She's cooked. Donnie will do nothing but quadruple down.... paleotn Friday #26
Yeah Was Collins "Concerned"? Cha Friday #16
That's the thanks she gets and deserves, B.See Friday #17
For sure it caused her much concern. UTUSN Friday #19
To be fair: who hasn't wanted to do that? NT Ol Janx Spirit Friday #20
LOL Lulu KC Saturday #36
She deserves the profanity. Marcuse Friday #21
Trump's just mad that he can't... LudwigPastorius Friday #22
Either she should have just hung up MacKasey Friday #23
She's his little vassal...why shouldn't he? Prairie Gates Friday #24
Hang up on him. danieljsf Friday #25
Donald....go fuck yourself....."click" paleotn Friday #27
All that energy wasted by Trump. Vance stated that it doesn't matter what the congress thinks, Marie Marie Friday #29
that's her kink. bigtree Friday #32
Memo to Senator Collin's: AverageOldGuy Friday #33
President Bully democrank Friday #34
I couldn't believe she did it! Lulu KC Friday #35
You could have floored me with Hawley DFW Saturday #38
Yes! Lulu KC Saturday #41
He's one to watch. He knows which way the wind is blowing. thought crime Saturday #42
Wait stillspkg Saturday #39
Just one more character flaw to add to the list: Mark.b2 Saturday #40
Meh! malaise 16 hrs ago #45
MaddowBlog-Trump suffers rare back-to-back defeats in Republican-led Congress LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #43

Deuxcents

(25,555 posts)
4. Is that what these elected are afraid of? Just take care of your constituents and they'll vote for you
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:19 PM
Friday

Don’t need TSF if enough of them would stand up and do the right thing

stillspkg

(156 posts)
37. I agree
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:05 AM
Saturday

With Trumps disapproval rating, my guess is they increase their chance of getting elected by standing up to Trump. (not that I'm a fan of Ms. Collins)

UpInArms

(54,107 posts)
11. I waffle between
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:36 PM
Friday

Concern and the hope that he has learned his lesson

yet …

Maybe she could write a sternly worded letter

and not send it

paleotn

(21,610 posts)
26. She's cooked. Donnie will do nothing but quadruple down....
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 11:28 PM
Friday

...damaging the chances for Pukes in every blue state. The key is Dems uniting no matter if the candidate is Mills or Platner. If Dems are unified, Collins will have more time to spend with the grandkids.

B.See

(7,820 posts)
17. That's the thanks she gets and deserves,
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 10:13 PM
Friday

for all the times her bs waffling and caving had only further enabled him.

Though I find it interesting how journalists often frame the petulant outbursts of this PSYCHOPATH.

was "on the business end".. "shredded her"... "read her the riot act"??

Why do they persist in trying to make this whiny assed manchild's TANTRUMS look like anything more than what they are...

the machinations of a raving lunatic?

LudwigPastorius

(14,209 posts)
22. Trump's just mad that he can't...
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 11:10 PM
Friday

execute party members who disobey him with antiaircraft guns, like his pal Kim Jong Un likes to do.

MacKasey

(1,494 posts)
23. Either she should have just hung up
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 11:15 PM
Friday

Or told him that she was recording it and she would come to release it to the media

Prairie Gates

(7,221 posts)
24. She's his little vassal...why shouldn't he?
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 11:16 PM
Friday

Has she done anything in the last 20 years to deserve anyone's respect? And in terms of Trump, she's been nothing but a little lapdog for him, and we know how Trump thinks dogs should be treated.

Marie Marie

(10,900 posts)
29. All that energy wasted by Trump. Vance stated that it doesn't matter what the congress thinks,
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 11:38 PM
Friday

it will not affect their foreign policy, The War Act needing congressional approval isn't really a thing. They will do whatever the hell they want.

Yup congress, you're a little late to have a measly few of you step forward and try assert your constitutional powers. He shredded that document while you were behind him kissing his ass. Oh and Susan, I hope it was real painful for you to be disrespected by a buffoon, When we needed you to make him stop disrespecting all of us, your concern did little.

Lulu KC

(8,512 posts)
35. I couldn't believe she did it!
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 11:59 PM
Friday

She always says she's going to do it but she never does it. Really, three of those five surprised me.

Lulu KC

(8,512 posts)
41. Yes!
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:43 AM
Saturday

All I can ever think about with him is his running on January 6 and the hilarious videos and memes.

And Todd Young! He stood up to DT about redistricting but now he's really getting a little backbone going. Shocking, really.

thought crime

(1,242 posts)
42. He's one to watch. He knows which way the wind is blowing.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:21 AM
Saturday

If Hawley is showing any minor hint of "disloyalty" it might be a sign of the feedback he's getting from his constituency.

Mark.b2

(759 posts)
40. Just one more character flaw to add to the list:
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:23 AM
Saturday

A man who would call someone he knows with a “profanity-laced rant” is one lacking character. He doesnt have self-control, and relying on profanities likely betraya an attempt to bully using “mean” words rather than cogent arguments. He is insecure, dim, and cares about only a few.

He has a history approaching conflict this way and hs experience success.

He considers he’s “won” if you volley the argument back, and it you cry, that is the cherry on the too.

He’s an asshole!













LetMyPeopleVote

(175,088 posts)
43. MaddowBlog-Trump suffers rare back-to-back defeats in Republican-led Congress
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 06:43 PM
16 hrs ago

The president’s grip on GOP lawmakers is slipping in ways he isn’t used to — and clearly does not like.

Trump suffers rare back-to-back defeats in Republican-led Congress.

The president’s grip on GOP lawmakers is slipping in ways he isn’t used to — and clearly does not like.

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

TheBlackPage (Woke, DEI forever against fascism) (@theblackpage.bsky.social) 2026-01-10T16:43:08.235Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-suffers-rare-back-to-back-defeats-in-republican-led-congress

One of the setbacks came in the GOP-led House, where a Democratic discharge petition to revive and extend Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies passed the chamber on a 230-196 vote. In all, 17 House Republicans sided with the Democratic minority — more than members of either party expected — suggesting bipartisan concern about the health care coverage benefits that Republicans let expire on Jan. 1.

The measure now heads to the Senate, where a separate set of negotiations is underway for a possible compromise.

Speaking of the upper chamber, Trump’s other, more dramatic setback happened in the Senate on Thursday afternoon. My MS NOW colleague Mychael Schnell reported:

In a rare bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump on Thursday, the Senate narrowly advanced a war powers resolution aimed at reining in U.S. military actions in Venezuela — an early sign that Trump may not have the congressional backing he anticipated for an extended military presence there.

In a 52-47 vote, senators agreed to begin debate on a war powers resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., that, if successful, would ‘direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.’


As the dust settled, many observers were surprised to see that five Senate Republicans had voted with the Democratic minority on the bipartisan legislation......

I think that’s the right way to see the developments. The point isn’t that the unpopular and failing president is suddenly powerless. He’s not, as evidenced by Thursday’s failed House votes on overriding his recent vetoes.

Rather, the point is that his grip is slipping in ways he isn’t accustomed to and clearly does not like. This was evident in the fall, when Republicans rejected some of Trump’s ridiculous nominees and voted to rebuke his trade agenda, and it was even more obvious this week.

As this year’s midterm elections approach and GOP members look for ways to salvage their careers, this dynamic seems likely to get worse for the White House before it gets better.
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