A US politics commentator has claimed that some Republicans are growing increasingly concerned with the political landscape as Donald Trump is in power – but are too scared to speak out
A US politics commentator has suggested that Donald Trump is causing a stir among Republicans due to tension within the current political atmosphere.
On a recent episode of the ‘Trump 100’ podcast, Sky News US correspondent Mark Stone opened up about his conversation with a “very senior Republican senator, who is close to Donald Trump” and shared that he felt “uneasy” regarding certain developments unfolding in Ukraine and across European nations.
Digging further into the transformation of the Republican Party under Trump’s leadership, Mark stated: “Remember the Republican party has had such a dramatic shift over really not very long. Remember, it was the party of Reagan, which is a very different party than the party of Trump, even though Trump often tries to model himself on Ronald Reagan.”
However, despite the possible internal concerns over Trump’s policy choices, Mark speculates that Elon Musk’s growing influence and connection to the president could be discouraging party members from voicing their real opinions.
He stated: “So, I think those traditionalist, atlanticist Republicans are concerned about what is going on, the problem is that they’re not willing to put their head above the parapet and the reason for that perhaps is because so openly, so boldly, so blatantly, people like Elon Musk have said that they will put money towards others to effectively boot them out of the Republican party, make sure they lose their seats in primaries if they are to speak out against Trump. That is the state of things right now.”
These comments from the political commentator come just days after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s landmark first visit to the US since Trump was elected president for the second time.
The meeting, which many expected to conclude with a minerals deal between the US and Ukraine, was broadcast live from the Oval Office but ended abruptly without any such deal being signed, reports the Irish Star.
Vice-president JD Vance and Zelenskyy were frequently heard talking over one another during tense exchanges. During which, JD Vance at one point told the Ukrainian leader: “I think it’s disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media.”
“You should be thanking the President [Trump] for trying to bring an end to this conflict.”