President Trump is reportedly fuming that his threats, firings, and program cuts haven’t gotten Senate Democrats to cave to Republicans and end the shutdown. Trump, 79, thought the shutdown would last ten days at most, believing that the unprecedented and illegal firings of federal workers by his “grim reaper‚” OMB head Russ Vought, would be enough to get Democrats to give up, sign the Republicans’ budget bill, and thus re-open the government. “Trump, he’s had it with these people, because he knows they’re playing politics,” a source close to the White House told Politico. “Nobody thought it was going to last this long.” In addition to sources whispering that Trump is frustrated, Trump is publicly whining about how he’s frustrated. “I don’t know what’s wrong with them,” he said of Democrats Friday. “They’ve never done a thing like this. They’ve become crazed lunatics. All they have to do is say, ‘Let’s go. Let’s open up our country.’ And everything snaps back into shape. So there’s something wrong with them… It’s their fault. Everything is their fault. It’s so easily solved.”
Published: November 1, 2025 5:48 pm
Source: The Daily Beast — Read original