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Trump: Leaderless Democrats ‘Remind Me of Somalia’ as Pointless Shutdown Continues

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at theAnna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Nick Gilbertson
7 Oct 2025

President Donald Trump blasted Democrats on Tuesday over their government shutdown, stating their lack of leadership reminds him of Somalia.

Trump took a dig at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Democrats as they continue to keep the government closed, despite Republicans passing a clean continuing resolution almost three weeks ago in the House of Representatives.

“I just don’t know if Schumer has any power anymore. I look at your leadership; I don’t know who to speak to,” Trump said.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc% 5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: "Democrats have no leader. They remind me of Somalia." 😂🤣 <a href="https://t.co/ShopfZ3U9D">pic.twit ter.com/ShopfZ3U9D</a></p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1975602364574015841? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >October 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

“I’ll tell you what. I’m getting calls from Democrats wanting to meet. I never even heard their names before, and they’re claiming to be leader — the Democrats have no leader. They remind me of Somalia,” he added.

Trump’s dig came during his response to a reporter asking about programs the administration has identified to nix due to the shutdown.

While he would not divulge which programs he is looking at cutting, he said, “We have a lot” that would be eliminated. By forcing a shutdown, Democrats created a dynamic where the Trump administration, specifically Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought, must cut nonessential funding to save for essential services.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"We have a lot of things that we're going to eliminate," says <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc% 5Etfw">@POTUS</a>.<br><br>"Bec ause of the shutdown — which I think they made a big mistake — we're able to take out billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse, and they've handed it on a silver platter." <a href="https://t.co/gdPgEIoWs1">pic.twit ter.com/gdPgEIoWs1</a></p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1975603594134278234? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >October 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

“One of the things that we have as some advantage, you could say, but because of the shutdown, which I think they made a big mistake, we’re able to take out billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse, and they’ve handed it on a silver platter,” Trump said.

“And you know, Russell Vought, he’s a serious person, very serious person, and he’s sitting there and he’s getting ready to cut things. And this is something that was handed to us by, I assume, Schumer,” he added.

Trump was also asked about potential permanent federal worker layoffs and said he would be able to share those in five days or so if the shutdown persists.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc% 5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on potential federal layoffs due to the Democrat Shutdown: "I'll be able to tell you that in four or five days if this keeps going on. If this keeps going on, it'll be substantial — and a lot of those jobs will never come back." <a href="https://t.co/nUHeJlQA4Z">pic.twit ter.com/nUHeJlQA4Z</a></p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1975603988130103563? ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >October 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

“I’ll be able to tell you that in four or five days, if this keeps going on. If this keeps going on, it’ll be substantial, and a lot of those jobs will never come back,” he said, adding that America would also be “a lot closer to a balanced budget.”

The White House has already paused $18 billion and $2.1 billion in New York City and Chicago infrastructure projects since the shutdown began, and canceled nearly $8 billion in “Green New Scam” funding, affecting projects in blue and blue-leaning states.

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From Breitbart
Link: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...own-continues/

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