Trump Issues Scathing Statement Blasting Speaker Johnson’s Bill Just Days Before Possible Government Shutdown

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly displeased with a spending bill put forward by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Johnson and the Republican-controlled House are racing to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government, which will shut down on Dec. 21 without it. The bill is more than 1,500 pages long and would fund the government through March 14. Some conservative hardliners have slammed Johnson’s plan, and billionaire take-haver Elon Musk chimed in to call the legislation an “insane crime against the American people.”

On Wednesday afternoon, CNN reported that Trump has been complaining about the continuing resolution in private.

“We just got some brand new reporting from our Kaitlan Collins on Trump’s thoughts on this spending bill that is on Capitol Hill right now that seems to be quite in peril,” Jake Tapper said on The Lead.

CNN reporter Lauren Fox relayed that Collins had been told that Trump had called the legislation a “bad” bill.”

Moments after the CNN report dropped, Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance publicly came out against the measure:

A statement from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect JD Vance:

The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed.

Meanwhile, Congress is considering a spending bill that would give sweetheart provisions for government censors and for Liz Cheney. The bill would make it easier to hide the records of the corrupt January 6 committee—which accomplished nothing for the American people and hid security failures that happened that day. This bill would also give Congress a pay increase while many Americans are struggling this Christmas.

Increasing the debt ceiling is not great but we’d rather do it on Biden’s watch. If Democrats won’t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anyone think they would do it in June during our administration? Let’s have this debate now. And we should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.

Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025. The only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling. Anything else is a betrayal of our country.

Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH. If Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF. It is Schumer and Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief.

THIS CHAOS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IF WE HAD A REAL PRESIDENT. WE WILL IN 32 DAYS!

Watch above via CNN.