Trump on Stefanik: 'She's Doing Me a Big Favor'
March 28, 2025
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as posted by the channelPresident Donald Trump says he will withdraw Representative Elise Stefanik’s nomination to serve as the US ambassador to the United Nations, citing Republicans’ narrow hold on the House.
“With a very tight Majority, I don’t want to take a chance on anyone else running for Elise’s seat,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday. “There are others that can do a good job at the United Nations.”
Stefanik’s nomination had threatened an already-slim Republican majority in the House, as the party moves to advance Trump’s legislative agenda on taxes, energy and immigration. Trump’s decision is an implicit acknowledgment of the difficulties Republicans face passing those priorities in the coming months.
Securing an increase in the debt limit and approving tax and spending legislation using the reconciliation process, which allows Republicans to circumvent Democrats, would already be a tough without losing an additional vote, a senior White House official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official expressed a desire to move as quickly as possible on the president’s priorities.
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