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FIRST ON FOX: Senate Republicans last month were able to advance President Donald Trump’s desire to clawback billions in federal spending, an effort carried to fruition for the first time in nearly three decades by a first-term senator.
While the effort to slash funding to NPR, PBS and foreign aid was born in the White House, it was executed thanks in large part to Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.
Schmitt, who was first elected to the Senate in 2022, has become an envoy of sorts for Trump’s agenda in the upper chamber. He has a strong relationship with the president that dates back to his first campaign, which has developed into a regular invite to join Trump for rounds of golf.
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Senator Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Missouri, during a campaign event with former President Donald Trump, not pictured, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Nov. 1, 2024. (Jim Vondruska)
He’s launched probes against former President Joe Biden’s alleged mental decline, helped smooth over concerns during passage of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and contends that “intuitively” he understands the president’s America First message.
And his role in bridging the gap between the White House and the Senate, along with negotiating among his conference to get the $9 billion package across the line, has seen his stock rise immensely within the Senate GOP.
But, in an interview with Fox News Digital, he said his entire goal is to just be helpful.
“I think I approach it with that kind of humility,” Schmitt said. “But I also, I want to be successful, and I want the agenda to move forward. I think it’s really important. Being on the golf course with President Trump is a great honor, and we have a lot of fun. He’s a very good golfer.”
Schmitt, who previously served as Missouri’s attorney general before launching a bid for the Senate, regularly clashed with the…
