Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 27, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump is now on a losing streak, and it's coming as a result of his own party members.
Speaker Mike Johnson met with the president at the White House on Monday, and, not long after, it was revealed Trump would no longer fight to establish a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund to pay out alleged victims of government overreach.
Punchbowl News reported that the GOP is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Trump's political endorsement can boost or sink primary candidates, but his brand is so toxic in the general election that more and more lawmakers are making it past their primaries and pivoting against Trump.
Trump's ballroom has also become a political sticking point for Republican lawmakers. The unpopular $1 billion funding demand from Trump came after he said he would fully fund the ballroom himself with sponsors and donors.
The third potential Trump failure is about his new "golden fleet" of 20 to 25 battleships that Trump demanded the U.S. Navy build. Trump initially requested 34 ships. The Trump fleet of ships won't be finished before the end of Trump's term. The House Armed Services Committee is beginning the markup for the 2027 defense reauthorization budget this week.
Trump initially asked for $66 billion for the fund, but the full program is expected to cost $1.5 trillion.
Republicans also still haven't delivered funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CPB). Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told Punchbowl that he can't pass ICE and CPB funding with the weaponization fund in the budget.
Outside of his GOP allies in Congress, Trump is also fighting with longtime ally with Benjamin Netanyahu. According to Axios, Trump reportedly yelled at the embattled prime minister, calling him "f—— crazy" for bombing Lebanon at a time when he's desperately trying to end their war against Iran. Trump's Iran war bungle continues to haunt him as he struggles with a humiliating failure. One of Iran's major sticking points in negotiations is that Netanyahu stop bombing Lebanon.
These failures all come amid a slew of legal battles Trump keeps losing over the Kennedy Center, the slush fund and his ballroom.
