Republican says it's 'pretty clear' Trump is on team Putin

U.S. President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

President Donald Trump rarely faces dissent from his Republican Party members in the House and Senate — but this is an election year, and Trump’s polls are doing big damage to his GOP buddies.

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) is one such Republican who does not represent a "safe" seat in a bruising 2026 midterm. Bacon holds a highly competitive swing seat in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes the urban area of Omaha. He managed to nab a narrow 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent victory in 2024 largely thanks to suburban support.

That razor-thin line may be one of the reasons Huffington Post writer Igor Bobic is posting Bacon’s Saturday takedown of Trump as an ally to Russian authoritarian Vladimir Putin.

“Speaking at the Sedona forum … Bacon says Trump is “totally failing” on confronting Russia right now,” Bobic posted to X. “It’s pretty clear the president and his team favor Putin over [Ukrainian president Volodymyr] Zelenskyy.”

Bacon may have additional insight into what he feels is Trump’s comparably robust friendship with the Russian strongman and accused assassin. Recently Bacon joined a bipartisan effort to introduce the Countering Russia’s War On Faith Act, complaining that Putin’s “brutal invasion of Ukraine is not only an attack on a country that seeks democracy, free markets, and alignment with the West, but also includes a deliberate campaign to suppress and persecute religious communities.”

“The Countering Russia’s War on Faith Act will ensure we fully document these abuses and hold those responsible accountable through sanctions. I’m pleased to join Rep. Wilson and my colleagues in this bipartisan effort to stand up for religious liberty and the Ukrainian people,” Bacon added.

Trump’s polling, meanwhile, is at his lowest of his two terms in office, and approval of his treatment of the U.S. economy is currently tipping beneath that of former president Jimmy Carter, who found himself the frequent butt of Trump’s jokes regarding popularity.

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