In a pair of late-night posts, Trump told Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote threshold and pass a government funding bill without Democrats.

Senate Democrats who had pushed vociferously for the filibuster’s elimination just four years ago are using it to try to force a Republican compromise on President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”

President Donald Trump on Thursday urged congressional Republicans to unilaterally end the government shutdown by eliminating the Senate filibuster — urging them to take an unprecedented step that GOP leaders have firmly opposed until now.

President Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters appeared split after he called on the Senate to scrap the filibuster to clear the way for the end of the federal government shutdown. "THE CHOICE IS CLEAR—INITIATE THE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION,’ GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER," Trump wrote on his Truth Social site on Thursday.

A handful of Republicans joined Democrats to vote against President Trump's emergency tariffs against Brazil, Canada and other countries. But the votes were mostly symbolic and unlikely to become law.

Trump called for an end to the Senate's filibuster rule in an Oct. 30 social media post, saying it's time to deploy the "nuclear option." The filibuster requires 60 votes to pass most Senate legislation,

"It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option—Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday.

The bipartisan move is symbolic, as the House has passed a rule against legislation to block tariffs this year.