Trump orders troops to be paid next week as he criticizes Schumer over shutdown

President Donald Trump criticized Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown on Saturday and said he was directing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to make sure military service members… Get paid next week.

Chuck Schumer said recently“Every day gets better,” Trump wrote on Truth Social as they shut down the radical left. “I disagree! If nothing is done, because of Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our brave troops will lose their well-deserved pay on October 15.”

He said he directed Hegseth “to use all available funds to pay our troops on October 15. We have identified the funds necessary to do so, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to pay our troops.”

He added: “I will not allow the Democrats to hold our military, and the security of our entire nation, hostage with their dangerous government shutdown.” “Radical left Democrats should open up government, and then we can work together to address health care, and many other things they want to destroy. Thank you for your interest in this matter!”

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the Government shutdown On October 1, after Democrats and Republicans failed to pass a spending bill to fund the government, with Democrats concerned that the expiration of the Affordable Care Act tax cuts could lead to higher premiums and that Medicaid cuts could leave people without coverage.

Trump on Monday blamed Democratic lawmakers for the shutdown, saying he would be “happy to work with Democrats on failed health care policies” once the government reopens.

“Democrats have shut down the United States government in the midst of one of the most successful economies, including a record stock market, that our country has ever seen,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This has unfortunately impacted many of the programs, services and other community elements that Americans depend on – and it should not have happened.”

“I am a pleasure to work with Democrats “On failed health care policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our government to reopen,” he added.

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“Every day gets better for us” regarding Democrats’ shutdown strategy, Schumer recently told Punchbowl News.

He added: “This is because we thought about this long in advance and we knew that health care was going to be the focal point on September 30 and we prepared for it… Their whole theory was – they threaten us, they trick us, we will give up in a day or two.”

Republicans blamed Schumer for the shutdown, saying it was aimed at appeasing the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially in his home state. Zahran Mamdani He maintains the lead in the New York City mayoral race and buzz swirls about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., potentially challenging Schumer in the next primary. She has not officially announced her candidacy for the Senate.

“Chuck Schumer just said the quiet part out loud: Democrats are happily inflicting pain on the American people for their drive to give illegal aliens free health care,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said in a statement provided exclusively to Fox News Digital.

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Schumer recently shared with Fox News Digital the remarks he made on the Senate floor.

“Every day that Republicans refuse to negotiate to end this shutdown, it gets worse for Americans — and it becomes clearer who’s fighting for them. Every day, our case for health care reform and ending this shutdown gets better and better and stronger and stronger as families open their letters explaining how much their insurance premiums will rise if Republicans get their way. They realize why this fight is important — it’s “It’s about protecting their health care, their bank accounts, and their future.”