Rand Paul (R-KY) escalated his opposition to Trump's trade war with an impassioned plea to the president on Fox Business on Tuesday with former presidential adviser Larry Kudlow. Paul, who recently drew Trump's public wrath by crossing the aisle to vote with Democrats on a resolution to block tariffs on Canada and has repeatedly spoken out about why he believes restrictionist trade policies are a bad idea,

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) brought an amendment to the budget resolution to a vote on Friday, proposing a limited, 3-month extension as an alternative to a $5 trillion debt limit increase. However,

Asked whether this is a coherent way of making policy, another GOP senator said: "It's President Trump's way, and nobody should be surprised."

Rand Paul and other Republican senators have taken to openly criticizing Donald Trump's tariffs, which are scheduled to go into effect this week.

In a no-holds-barred Senate floor speech that stunned Washington, Senator Rand Paul turned his fire inward—launching a blistering attack on Republican leadership for what he called “the greatest betrayal of fiscal conservatism in modern history.

After about six hours of amendment votes, the Senate approved a budget blueprint Saturday morning by a vote of 51-48.