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BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:09 PM Nov 8

Trump Lashes Out At Democrats From Golf Course-Bound Motorcade Amid Shutdown Chaos

Source: MEDIAite

Nov 8th, 2025, 9:28 am


President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats in a social media post sent as his motorcade carried him to his golf course, and as the government shutdown caused chaos across the country.

Trump has spent several days trying to deny that there is any problem with “affordability” after he and his party took a shellacking on Election Day, and as his administration fights an order to pay SNAP benefits to 42 million Americans during the shutdown. And air travelers have begun to experience delays due to a shutdown-related reduction in flights.

The president has been encouraging Republicans in the Senate to end the shutdown by nuking the filibuster, which was the theme of an early-morning Truth Social post that also addressed the election bloodbath in its own way.

“The Democrats are winning in that they are destroying our great, miracle economy, which is exactly what they set out to do. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!” Trump wrote. The time stamp on Trump’s post coincided with his trip to Trump International Golf Club, according to pool reports:

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-lashes-out-at-democrats-from-golf-course-bound-motorcade-amid-shutdown-chaos/

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Trump Lashes Out At Democrats From Golf Course-Bound Motorcade Amid Shutdown Chaos (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 8 OP
How much cake are we supposed to eat Ocelot II Nov 8 #1
That's really funny!! walkingman Nov 8 #2
When The Going Gets Tough MissouriDem47 Nov 8 #3
Snort! electric_blue68 Sunday #5
He finally got it through his head to shut down is bad for the economy Walleye Nov 8 #4

Walleye

(43,207 posts)
4. He finally got it through his head to shut down is bad for the economy
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 04:13 PM
Nov 8

He likes to brag about so much. He still hasn’t figured out that letting Elon cut all those jobs was also quite bad for the economy

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