Sounding off in a fiery post on Truth Social, President Trump announced that he would not be backing down to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the matter of spending, and would prefer to see a government shutdown than to spend over a trillion dollars on things like healthcare for illegal aliens.
As background, because President Trump already got his “Big, Beautiful Bill” passed over the summer, providing ICE with vastly increased funding and providing funding for other key aspects of his MAGA agenda, the looming shutdown threat is much less worrisome than it would otherwise be, for his agenda items are already funded, giving him much more room to negotiate.
And it appears that he is doing so, claiming that he will not bend on the matter. Beginning his post, the president announced, “After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive.”
Continuing, and commenting on what funding they want in his typically bombastic tones, President Trump said, “They are threatening to shut down the Government of the United States unless they can have over $1 Trillion Dollars in new spending to continue free healthcare for Illegal Aliens (A monumental cost!), force Taxpayers to fund Transgender surgery for minors, have dead people on the Medicaid roles, allow Illegal Alien Criminals to steal Billions of Dollars in American Taxpayer Benefits, try to force our Country to again open our Borders to Criminals and to the World, allow men to play in women’s sports, and essentially create Transgender operations for everybody.”
He added, commenting on what the American people want and how his enemies are very much the opposite of that, “These Radical Left Views and Policies is what allowed me to win the Presidential Election, including all seven Swing States, and the Popular Vote, IN A HISTORIC LANDSLIDE. There are consequences to losing Elections but, based on their letter to me, the Democrats haven’t figured that out yet. They are trying to eliminate the popular $50 Billion Dollar Rural and Vulnerable Hospital Fund, which was passed with only Republican Votes, and proudly signed into Law by ME.”
Then, commenting on the sort of insanity the Democrats are pressing for, the president wrote, “The Democrats in Congress seem to have totally lost their way. They obviously have no idea what it means to put America First or to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! All Congressional Democrats want to do is enact Radical Left Policies that nobody voted for — High Taxes, Open Borders, No Consequences for Violent Criminals, Men in Women’s Sports, Taxpayer funded “TRANSGENDER” surgery, and much more.”
He added, noting that he stands for common sense government and that is exactly what the American people voted for, “Few people voted for what they represent, which would lead to the destruction of America. Instead, people voted for COMMON SENSE, and that’s what the Republicans and your President, “DONALD J. TRUMP,” stand for. I look forward to meeting with them if they get serious about the future of our Nation. We must keep the Government open, and legislate like true Patriots rather than hold American Citizens hostage, knowing that they want our now thriving Country closed.”
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Concluding, he said that he’ll negotiate if they stop pushing for insanity, but until then will be sternly resisting their spending demands. He said, “I’ll be happy to meet with them if they agree to the Principles in this Letter. They must do their job! Otherwise, it will just be another long and brutal slog through their radicalized quicksand. To the Leaders of the Democrat Party, the ball is in your court. I look forward to meeting with you when you become realistic about the things that our Country stands for. DO THE RIGHT THING!”
Watch Speaker of the House Mike Johnson comment on this spending issue here: