Trump impresses me daily with how he handles things. Admittedly, his style has grown on me.
When confronted with petulant Democrats, Trump indulges them initially. Then he treats them as he should: like toddlers throwing a tantrum. And that’s exactly what he did with Chuckie Schumer and Temu Obama, aka Hakeem Jeffries.
Schumer spoke for both men when he pleaded with Americans to help him get a meeting with the president.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is now begging President Trump to meet with him in order to get free healthcare for illegals.
Otherwise, Schumer and the Democrats will shut down the government.
America would rather it shut down than illegals get anything.pic.twitter.com/3fagfkUBbK
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) September 24, 2025
Who is counseling the Democrats these days?
Honestly, it seems like the DNC has outsourced their strategy to preschool circle time. They are in no position to make demands, yet they approach every issue as if they’re the big swinging dicks on Capitol Hill. Hello? Do they realize they lost the last election? Badly. One wonders if they even remember which year it is, or if they’re still stuck in their nostalgic reruns of 2020 where they staged their coup and thought reality would never catch up with them.
Democrats continue to prop up their fantasies on polls—polls which are about as reliable as their “Russian collusion” fairy tale. They believe their own headlines, nodding along with MSNBC like it’s gospel, ignoring the reality that they have zero clout.
But here’s where it gets good: Trump didn’t reject a meeting just because Democrats are insufferable. Ironically, he actually wanted to meet with them. This is what sets him apart from every partisan swamp-dweller: he has shown time and again that if you have logic, if you have a coherent case, he’ll give you the time of day. He’ll listen. But Democrats don’t come with logic. They come with slogans and tantrums. They come with demands that America foot the bill for every foreign citizen wandering across our border.
Trump rightly read the situation: you don’t negotiate with terrorists.
Yes, Trump reminded them not only who won, but that they lost. Losses have consequences. Yet Democrats act as though Washington still belongs solely to them. They appear to be running on the muscle-memory of their 2020 heist, convinced they can still bully their way to power. Except this isn’t 2020.
Trump brilliantly one-upped the Democrats as revealed by Sean Spicer who revealed that if Democrats force a shutdown in October, Trump has ordered Russ Vought to permanently eliminate jobs when discretionary funding lapses and no alternative source exists.
In previous shutdowns, Democrats got away with their tantrums scot-free. Government workers got their taxpayer-funded vacation, backpay rolled out later, and Chuck Schumer strutted back to the Senate with smirk intact. But this time? Thousands of cushy government union jobs might evaporate. Gone.
Checkmate.
For years, Democrats have weaponized government shutdowns to tar Republicans as cruel or heartless, complete with sob stories amplified by CNN of furloughed bureaucrats unable to buy soy lattes. But now the cost lands squarely in their laps. If they want to shutter the government in the name of illegal aliens, it will be their union base—the very people funding their campaigns—that pays the ultimate price. That’s the equivalent of political friendly fire.
Meanwhile, Trump isn’t blinking. He doesn’t have to. The man thrives on conflict because conflict, in politics, reveals strength—or weakness. And weakness is precisely what Schumer and Jeffries broadcast with their desperate little stunt. They wanted to look strong, but instead they looked like children begging daddy for attention. And daddy just told them to go sit in the corner.
The Historical Context Democrats Hate
Now, for a bit of historical perspective that Democrats conveniently ignore: government shutdowns are not new. Since the modern budgeting process began in 1976, the U.S. has had over 20 shutdowns or funding gaps. Democrats love to rewrite history to suit their narrative, but in 2013, Obama shut down memorials and national parks to manufacture pain for the public just to spite Republicans over Obamacare. Interestingly, shutdowns are only catastrophic when conservatives stand their ground.
And yet, despite all the manufactured outrage, the American economy and people endure. Life goes on. The lights stay on. The military functions. It’s only the bloated bureaucracies, the alphabet soup agencies, and the administrative state parasites that cry foul. In other words, the exact institutions Democrats rely on for their power.
Why Trump’s Move Matters
The brilliance of Trump’s play here isn’t just short-term—it’s structural. By weaponizing the shutdown against Democrats’ sacred cows (government unions and lifetime bureaucrats), Trump is rewriting the script. He’s showing conservatives what spine looks like. No more giving Democrats automatic leverage just because the media will screech or a few pundits will cry in unison on TV. He’s demonstrating that government bloat is not untouchable. Government can shrink. Jobs can vanish, yet shockingly, the Republic will survive.
So now we wait. The Democrats tried their usual bluff, waving around illegal alien welfare as their bargaining chip. Trump called their bluff and raised them a permanent job cut. Who blinks first? If history tells us anything, the Democrats’ poker faces crumble faster than their donor base.
And that means only one thing: Trump wins, again.
