Hailing his approval ratings within the Republican Party and successes within the first six months of his term, President Donald Trump is pressing Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., for urgency to get his nominees confirmed.

“Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Saturday night. “We need them badly!!! DJT”

Trump marveled at the progress to date in the face of Democrats’ attempts to delay nominees and votes and generally obstruct the agenda, voting unilaterally against the “one big beautiful bill” for budget reconciliation and the $9 billion rescissions package to cut waste, fraud, and abuse out of foreign aid and liberal-biased public media outlets.

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