Trump pressures GOP to scrap filibuster, says 'desperate' Schumer 'will make a deal'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Sen. Chuck Schumer sparred with Joe Scarborough on Monday over whether weakening Iran's military capabilities was a good thing, as the senator argued it was a premature question. President Donald Trump pressured Senate Republicans to ditch the filibuster and claimed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., will strike a deal due to concern about the prospect of the GOP scrapping the procedural hurdle. "Chuck Schumer, a desperate, crippled politician, who has lost control of the Radical Left Democrats, will make a deal now because he thinks that if he doesn’t, Republicans will TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, something which they should do whether he makes a deal or not!!!" the president asserted in a Thursday morning Truth Social post. "TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!" he exclaimed in another post. DEMS BLOCK DHS FUNDING AFTER GOP REJECTS THEIR COUNTER, THUN