Trump confronted Republicans over Iran vote. By nightfall, two had switched sides

President Trump went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday hoping to rally Republicans around his agenda

Instead, he ended up in a heated exchange with one of his party senators

Trump spent more than an hour behind closed doors with Senate Republicans, and by several accounts, it got testy. The biggest flashpoint came when Trump questioned

why four Republicans joined Democrats in backing a war powers resolution, directing him to pull troops from hostilities against Iran

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, one of those four Republicans, pushed back, saying lawmakers still haven't received a full briefing on the war or its objectives

According to people in the room, the exchange quickly escalated with both men raising their

voices. Cassidy later told reporters he makes no apologies for standing up to the president

saying, quote, he didn't particularly care for my comments, raised his voice

I lost my temper. It's the Irish in me. But again, I matched his tone and his volume

and it went back and forth. Now, tensions have been growing between Trump and some Senate

Republicans over Iran, the SAVE Act, and Trump's decision to put a bipartisan housing bill on hold

until Congress acts on his election reform priorities. Despite the fireworks, Trump emerged from the meeting, calling it a success

I think we had a really great meeting and we very proud of the party We like our leader we like everybody really in the room I don like a few people but that OK I think you know who they are But I give you that information someday

But for the most part, we have a really well-unified party. Trump also used the meeting to press Republicans to pass the SAVE Act

a bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, even as GOP leaders continue to say it doesn't have the votes to pass the Senate

Well, just hours after that tense meeting with Senate Republicans, a separate war powers vote went Trump's way

In a late night vote, Senate Republicans blocked another resolution that would have

required Trump to get congressional approval before taking more military action against Iran

The reversal came less than a day after four Republicans joined Democrats in backing a very

similar measure. This time, only Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski

voted with Democrats. Trump quickly celebrated the result on Truth Social, singling out Senator

Bill Cassidy for changing his vote and saying the decision put Iran on notice. Cassidy says he only

switched positions after a reassuring meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance and Special Envoy Steve

Whitcoff. Senator Rand Paul, who also changed his vote to present, said his decision followed

Wednesday's lunch with the president. The vote does not change the House War Powers resolution

the Senate approved on Tuesday, which remains in place, though largely symbolic