Trump Melts Down In Profanity-Laced Call After GOP Senator Defies Him

January 14, 2026 by Nadia

Collins explained her stance in a statement.

In her statement, she made it clear that while she supported “the operation to seize Nicolas Maduro,” she does not “support committing additional U.S. forces or entering into any long-term military involvement in Venezuela or Greenland without specific congressional authorization.”

Elsewhere in the statement, she said, “I believe invoking the War Powers Act at this moment is necessary, given the President’s comments about the possibility of ‘boots on the ground’ and a sustained engagement ‘running’ Venezuela, with which I do not agree.”