President Donald Trump is making life almost impossible for Senate Republicans \u2014 and these days fewer of them are willing to just let it slide.<\/p>\n

Some lawmakers that were once happy to brush off impulsive and disruptive behavior by saying they hadn\u2019t seen the president\u2019s social media posts or that it was just \u201cTrump being Trump\u201d are increasingly willing to speak out against what they view as bad decisions that undermine their ability to deliver legislative wins as the midterms approach.<\/p>\n

The latest irritation was the early-morning Truth Social post Wednesday that upended GOP hopes<\/a> of quickly confirming a new director of national intelligence and reviving a surveillance bill that Trump already derailed earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The chaos that followed Trump\u2019s sudden U-turn on Jay Clayton\u2019s nomination, just hours before a scheduled confirmation hearing, further loosened tongues in the Capitol hallways \u2014 even from lawmakers who tend to be reliable allies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president\u2019s timing and communication needs improvement,\u201d Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said. \u201cI think it\u2019s unfortunate. It throws a kicker into the system when we get going and then we have to readjust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about frustration within the conference about the recent lack of coordination, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) added, \u201cWell, duh.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kennedy added, \u201cNo, I don’t,\u201d when asked if Trump takes senators into consideration: \u201cHe wants what he wants, and until he gets it, he just keeps pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The public frustrations are bubbling up at a crucial moment for Trump and Republicans more broadly. The president sent his wee-hours missive from France, where he was meeting with global leaders at the annual G7 conference and seeking to sell an Iran peace deal<\/a> that many in his party despise.<\/p>\n

Trump has faced recent pushback on several fronts in the Senate, with Republicans foiling plans to fund part of his White House ballroom project in a recent immigration funding deal and forcing the Justice Department to abandon plans for a $1.8 billion \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d<\/a> that could compensate Trump allies.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s frequent demands that the Senate abandon its longstanding filibuster rule to pass more legislation along party lines, including a controversial elections overhaul, have also gone unheeded \u2014 adding to Trump\u2019s obvious frustration.<\/p>\n

He has now responded on several occasions by simply infuriating GOP senators who believe they are on the precipice of delivering a legislative win \u2014 only for Trump to suddenly pull the rug out from under them.<\/p>\n

His announcement of the DOJ payout fund, for instance, delayed and nearly killed a critical immigration funding bill. And his decision to tap Bill Pulte, a close political ally who heads a housing agency, as acting director of national intelligence<\/a> blew up a brewing three-year deal on reauthorizing a key piece of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.<\/p>\n

Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who announced his retirement last year after breaking with Trump on policy legislation, said the dynamic is \u201cundermining our ability to produce the very results he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, we are not the manufacturing department of the Article II branch \u2014 we are the board of directors for the Article II branch,\u201d he said. \u201cYou start treating us like that, coordinating with us like that, we won\u2019t have these embarrassing setbacks.\u201d<\/p>\n