GOP Sen. Sasse zips his criticism of Trump to fend off primary threat
by David M. Drucker, Senior Political Correspondent
August 02, 2020 06:30 AMSen. Ben Sasse is firebombing President Trump on key domestic and foreign policy issues, criticism that accelerated in July after the Nebraska Republican had muted their differences leading up to his contested spring primary.
On July 17, Sasse accused Trump of “strategic incompetence†that is “Jimmy Carter-level weak†for floating a military pullout from South Korea amid tensions with China and North Korea. Ten days later, he described negotiations between Congress and the White House on a coronavirus relief package as “Democrats and Trumpers competing to outspend each other.†The very next day, Sasse said Trump’s troop withdrawal from Germany was “weak†and revealed a “lack of strategic understanding.â€
The criticism continued Thursday when the senator rapped Trump for suggesting the Nov. 3 general election should be delayed because of looming problems with mail-in voting. This string of zingers amounts to a summer revival of Sasse’s periodic tongue-lashings that date to the beginning of Trump’s term but were put on hiatus after he accepted the president’s endorsement for renomination in Nebraska’s May 12 primary.
Sasse’s office declined to comment for this story.
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