On Tuesday, President Donald Trump told Senate Republicans to “terminate the filibuster.” He said that if the 60-vote rule stays in place, the party’s plans will be put on hold and Democrats will win more elections.
The Senate filibuster is a procedural hurdle that effectively requires 60 votes to advance most legislation. A rules change by a simple majority—referred to as the nuclear option—would allow bills to pass on near-party-line votes.
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump warned that “for three years, nothing will be passed, and Republicans will be blamed” if the chamber’s supermajority threshold stays intact. He said abolishing the rule—often called the “nuclear option”—would let Republicans move “everything” through Congress and deliver “wins after wins”.
Trump also talked about things that a simple majority might help move forward, like stricter rules for elections, limiting transgender people from playing women’s sports, tougher border security, and tax and energy cuts. He added that ending the filibuster would help “secure our Second Amendment” .
Casting the move as a political imperative, Trump claimed Democrats would otherwise pursue their own rule change to push major structural shifts, including adding states and expanding the Supreme Court. He further urged leaders to “end the shutdown immediately” and “pass every … Republican policy”.
“Terminate the filibuster now,” Trump wrote, tying the party’s 2026 midterm and presidential prospects to whether Republicans are willing to scrap the rule.
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