Trump Slams Rand Paul After He Moves To Block Military Pressure Campaign Against Venezuela: 'Nasty Liddle' Guy'

President Donald Trump slammed GOP Sen. Rand Paul after he cosponsored a bill to prevent the administration from bypassing Congress when seeking to take military action.

Concretely, Paul is joining a bill introduced by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, which will force a vote to stop Trump from unilaterally declaring war on the South American country. NPR detailed that the Upper House will have to vote after a 10-day waiting period.

Paul addressed the move in a social media publication, claiming "it's imperative that we make it clear that war powers reside with Congress, not the president."

Trump reacted hours later, asking "Whatever happened to 'Senator' Rand Paul?"

"He was never great, but he went really BAD! I got him elected, TWOCE (in the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky!), but he just never votes positively for the Republican Party. He's a nasty liddle' guy, much like 'Congressman' Thomas Massie, aka Rand Paul Jr., also of Kentucky (which I won three times, in massive landslides!), a sick Wacko, who refuses to vote for our great Republican Party, MAGA, or America First. It's really weird!!!"

The feud comes as the Trump administration continues to escalate pressure on the Venezuelan regime. In fact, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz claimed on Friday that the administration's campaign is "consistent with the law of armed conflict and Article 51 of the UN Charter."

Waltz said in a social media publication that Venezuela's authoritarian government "is whining at the UN because President Trump is hitting back HARD against the cartels and traffickers driving the deadly flow of drugs into our country."

"Maduro—a fugitive and cartel boss—has fueled this crisis for years. Not anymore. The U.S. is exercising its inherent right of self-defense, as directed by the President, to defend the American people consistent with the law of armed conflict and Article 51 of the UN Charter," Waltz added.

Moreover, the Washington Post reported that a Special Operations aviation unit has flown less than a 100 miles from Venezuela, yet another message to Caracas.

A U.S. official said the helicopters were conducting training flights and should not be taken as evidence of drills for a land assault into Venezuela.

However, report came a day after Trump confirmed he had authorized the CIA to conduct lethal operations inside Venezuela, with officials telling The New York Times that the ultimate goal is removing authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro from power.