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𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓 𝐁𝐘𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏: “𝟐𝟕 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐌 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇”Rick Scott — the senator from Florida who ran against John Thune for Senate Majority Leader at the start of this Congress — just executed a move that’s sending shockwaves through the Republican conference. Scott personally invited Trump to meet with the 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞, the conservative bloc of roughly 25 senators, without clearing it with Thune. The Majority Leader wasn’t invited. He likely didn’t attend.Trump arrived in a motorcade of roughly 30 vehicles and delivered his terms directly to the conservative wing of his own party. His message: “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘈𝘤𝘵.” The housing bill signing was scheduled for today. Trump cancelled it. 𝐍𝐨 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐜𝐭, 𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥.The political reporter covering the meeting gave Thune’s situation a blunt assessment: “𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘬𝘪𝘥.” And then the number that lands like a hammer: “𝘛𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺-𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩.” The reporter added: “𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘻𝘻 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴.”The Majority Leader position is not in the Constitution. It’s a party post — 27 Republican senators can remove him at any moment. That’s the math Thune is staring at. The SAVE Act is the pressure point. Pass it or face a caucus that’s already talking about finding a replacement mid-session.𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦.