Speaking in an interview with Fox News personality Maria Bartiromo, President Donald Trump sounded off on the demands being pushed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his fellow Democrats, arguing that they have gone insane and turned into lunatics as a result of their “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
For reference, the government has remained shutdown since the Senate failed to strike a spending deal to keep the government open on September 30, with Democrats insisting that Republicans must roll back changes and cuts made to taxpayer-funded healthcare spending in order to reopen the government at the cost of over a trillion dollars in new spending, much of it absurd.
Republicans have refused to do so, as many of the spending changes made by Democrats would do things like get rid of work requirements for able-bodied Americans to be on taxpayer-funded healthcare and refund healthcare spending programs that would provide taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal aliens.
Trump, commenting on the ridiculous situation to Bartiromo, explained that it is getting impossible to make a deal with the Democrats despite a deal being necessary and reasonable here, saying, “They have a deal. We have a deal. We just want an extension. And the reason we want an extension is because you can’t make a deal with these people.”
Continuing, President Trump argued that the Democrats have been driven to lunacy by their Trump Derangement Syndrome and as a result aren’t being reasonable when it comes to spending, saying, “They’re lunatics. They’ve gone crazy. They’re crazed people Trump Derangement Syndrome. There really is that disease.”
Concluding that point, he argued that while the TDS was first somewhat funny, now it is absurd and infuriating, as they are putting Americans at risk by putting illegal aliens first. He said, “At first, I found it to be amusing. Now I find . . . they want $1.5 trillion for health care for illegal aliens that come into our country. If we do that, it will jeopardize the health care of the citizens of our country. So we’re not going to do that.”
Watch him here:
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Trump has pushed much the same message from the days before the shutdown began, when he 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.”
He added, commenting on the absurdity of what they want, “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, “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.”
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