Trump is ramping up pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action known as the “nuclear option.”

President Donald Trump is pushing Senate Republicans to abolish the 60-vote filibuster rule in order to reopen the shuttered government without Democratic votes

Break the Senate’s 60-vote rule, and a vital check on the left is gone.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune stated that Senate Republicans lack sufficient votes to eliminate the filibuster, despite President Trump's urging.

In a lengthy Truth Social Post, the president attacked the Democratic Party and said the Senate GOP leadership should get rid of the filibuster and “immediately” end the shutdown.

Senate Republicans are resisting his demand to end the long-standing filibuster rule in order to end the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump spent Sunday night demanding that Senate Republicans blow up a centuries-old legislative check on the party in power. After his calls last week to end the government shutdown by making use of the “nuclear option” largely fell on deaf ears,

Senate Republicans have long resisted the temptation of going nuclear on the filibuster, a move more often made by Senate Democrats when they controlled the upper chamber.

Democrats have effectively gone on strike against democracy, with the ultimate goal of changing the rules to eventually achieve total victory for socialism.