“I respect the president. I still feel like we have an odd relationship, where I've clearly made him angry,” says retiring North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. In 2025, Tillis crossed President Trump when he voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, saying it would push too many low-income North Carolinians off Medicaid. Trump responded by calling him “a talker and complainer, not a doer.” “If you come at me with what I think is unfair or incorrect data, I'm going to come back after you,” Tillis says. #thomtillis #presidenttrump #uspolitics