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He replaces Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, who occasionally clashed with Trump during his first term but prevented an all-out intraparty war by largely acquiescing to the president.

Writing on social media on the day Russia invaded, she said the war could have been prevented if had the US and its Western allies had recognised Russia's "legitimate security concerns" about Ukraine's bid to join Nato.

“With President Trump, the Middle East experienced historic levels of peace and stability. Strength prevents wars. Iran’s money was cut off which prevented their funding of global terror,” he said.

“We could have prevented the spread of bird flu on poultry farms across America, and we didn’t. We could have prevented the spread of bird flu on dairy farms, and we didn’t.”

Recess appointments—a constitutional power allowing presidents to temporarily fill vacancies “that may happen during the Recess of the Senate”—are something that both parties in the Senate have prevented from happening in recent times by holding “pro forma” sessions every few days instead of actually adjourning for extended periods of time.