Hours after an Election Day shellacking for his party, President Donald Trump on Wednesday poured cold water on reports that Senate Democrats are moving toward reopening the government and urged Republican senators to nix a key Senate rule so the party can pass its own bills without opposition support.
“The Democrat radicals in the Senate have shown zero interest in reopening the government, and I don’t think they’ll act so soon. A lot of people disagree,” Trump said of the shutdown, which is now the longest in U.S. history.
“‘Yes, sir, they’re going to get it right now. We should have it done in a day.’ I’ve heard that about four times,” Trump said of prospects for a bipartisan deal. “I heard it after [the ‘No Kings’ rallies on Oct. 18]. … I heard it after a couple of other moments in time. And I said, ‘No, I don’t believe so.’ And now I heard it’s after the [Tuesday] election. I don’t believe so,” he said during a breakfast meeting with Republican senators at the White House.
