Trump-McConnell feud threatens Republicans’ path to power

Donald Trump is escalating a feud within his own Republican Party (Niall Carson/PA)

Former President Donald Trump is escalating a political war within his own party that could undermine the Republican push to fight President Joe Biden’s agenda and ultimately return to power.

A day after blistering Mitch McConnell, the Senate’s top Republican, as a “dour, sullen and unsmiling political hack” Mr Trump repeated the baseless claim on Wednesday that he was the rightful winner of the November election.