President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats in a social media post sent as his motorcade carried him to his golf course, and as the government shutdown caused chaos across the country.
Trump has spent several days trying to deny that there is any problem with “affordability” after he and his party took a shellacking on Election Day, and as his administration fights an order to pay SNAP benefits to 42 million Americans during the shutdown. And air travelers have begun to experience delays due to a shutdown-related reduction in flights.
The president has been encouraging Republicans in the Senate to end the shutdown by nuking the filibuster, which was the theme of an early-morning Truth Social post that also addressed the election bloodbath in its own way.
“The Democrats are winning in that they are destroying our great, miracle economy, which is exactly what they set out to do. TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!” Trump wrote.
The time stamp on Trump’s post coincided with his trip to Trump International Golf Club, according to pool reports:
From: David Smith
Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2025, 8:46 AM
Subject: WH out of town pool report #1/ Motorcade rolling from Mar-a-Lago
Greetings from Palm Beach on a warm and sunny day. POTUS’s motorcade departed Mar-a-Lago at 8.35am.
David Smith
Washington bureau chief
Guardian News & Media
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From: David Smith
Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2025, 8:56 AM
Subject: WH out of town pool report #2/ POTUS at golf club
POTUS’s motorcade reached the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach at 8.44am after an uneventful journey. Pool is now holding at the Palm Beach County Library.
David Smith
Washington bureau chief
Guardian News & Media
Trump’s golf outing comes hours after the Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of a lower court ruling that ordered the Trump administration to pay recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) their full benefits.
