Trump says GOP will lose presidency forever without ending Senate filibuster

Donald Trump used his Truth Social platform to caution that the GOP faces an existential threat unless the Senate eliminates the filibuster. He asserted that Democrats would use the rule change to pack courts, admit new states such as Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., and secure additional Senate seats and electoral votes, effectively ending Republican electoral prospects. Trump also warned that the Democratic Party would then dominate voting mechanisms nationwide.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has declined to pursue the filibuster repeal or to dismiss the Senate parliamentarian, despite Trump's repeated pressure. The president framed the issue as a matter of national survival, calling it "the end of America" if Republicans do not act.