President Donald Trump is escalating his feud with Senate Republicans over the record-tying government shutdown, demanding they scrap the filibuster to end it and threatening political “hell” for anyone who resists.
In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump once again urged GOP senators to nuke the 60-vote threshold that has defined the chamber for decades. The rule is starting to frustrate Trump, who sees it as an obstacle to his agenda—and to reopening the government.
White House advisers told Axios that Trump is preparing to personally pressure holdouts, warning that senators who don’t back his plan will face relentless public attacks.
“He will call them at three o’clock in the morning. He will blow them up in their districts,” one aide said. “He will call them un-American. He will ca

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