Internal GOP Calls Show Trump and Johnson First Sank, Then Revived Senate Partial DHS Funding Plan
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Internal GOP calls and reporting show President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson initially undercut a Senate-negotiated two-track DHS funding deal—Johnson privately called it a “crap sandwich” and pushed for a clean short-term stopgap while Trump publicly blasted the bill for leaving ICE enforcement unfunded and demanded linking DHS funding to the SAVE America Act. After the stopgap failed and Trump shifted to require ICE funding be handled via a June 1 reconciliation package, Johnson reversed course and agreed with Senate leaders to send the partial DHS bill to the House, reviving the plan but sparking broad rank‑and‑file GOP outrage and confusion.