The Daily Blast: Trump’s Rage over Shutdown Boils Over in Rant that Should Wake Up Dems

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 11 November 2025

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Eight Senate Democrats are now providing the votes to move forward with funding the government, but without getting the Democrats’ principal demand: A continuation of expanded Obamacare subsidies. On Monday, President Trump exploded in a deranged Truth Social rant, attacking air traffic controllers who took time off during the shutdown. He even bizarrely said money will be sent to those who did not. It occurs to us that the absurdity of Trump’s tirade revealed that his stance in the shutdown is weak: He’s the one experiencing most of the political pain from it, and all he can do is shriek wildly at government workers, urging them to minimize that pain for him. We think that should wake up Democrats: It makes a strong case for them to hold the line and not cave. We talked to Brian Beutler, who has a good new piece on his Substack, Off Message, digging into the Democratic surrender. He explains the deeper strategic failings causing the cave, why Trump will take from this that he can extort Democrats further, and how they can still salvage something from this mess. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:16.4	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:31.5	Eight Senate Democrats have now provided the votes to move forward with a plan to fund the government.
0:32.4	They agreed to this without getting the Democrats' principal demand, a continuation of expanded Obamacare subsidies,
0:39.8	which will mean millions losing health care or seeing premiums soar.
0:44.1	On Monday, President Trump exploded in a long deranged rant on Truth Social,
0:49.9	attacking air traffic controllers who took time off during the shutdown,
0:54.1	and even said money will be sent to those who did who took time off during the shutdown, and even said money
0:55.4	will be sent to those who did not take time off. It was all nonsense, but it occurred to us that
1:01.1	the very absurdity of this reveals just how weak Trump's position really is in the shutdown,
1:06.7	which in turn makes the case even stronger for Democrats to hold the line, not cave.
1:13.7	Brian Boydler has a good new piece on his substack, off message, digging into the deeper dynamics of the Democratic surrender.
1:20.1	So we're talking to him about all this today.
1:22.3	Always good to have you on, Brian.
1:23.9	It's great to be back.
1:25.5	So right now, the Senate has advanced the measure reopening the
1:28.7	government without extending ACA subsidies. If and when the Senate finalizes passage, the House is
1:34.7	expected to follow suit this week. What's galling is this comes right after Trump and the GOP
1:40.0	suffered a massive electoral rebuke. Mickey Sherrill, who won the New Jersey governor's race,
1:45.5	slammed Dems for caving, saying voters are, quote, counting on us to fight for them.
1:51.1	Brian, what bothers me about all this is that Mickey Cheryl knows where the energy came from that drove her win,
1:58.0	and that should be informing how Democrats proceed now, but it's not.
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