Watch: Trump Boasts ‘Republicans Broke Schumer’ in Shutdown Standoff

President Donald Trump isn’t letting the latest government shutdown drama end quietly. In a fiery interview on Fox News Monday night, Trump took a victory lap, claiming that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer “went too far” and ultimately caved under pressure.

“I think he made a mistake in going too far,” Trump said. “He just went too far. He thought he could break the Republicans, and the Republicans broke him,” he added, before veering into a tangent about “terrible” Democrats and hurling insults at Rep. Jasmin Crockett.

The remarks come as the Senate pushes through a series of votes aimed at finalizing a deal to reopen the government after weeks of political deadlock. Once the compromise funding package clears the Senate, the House will need to sign off before it hits Trump’s desk for approval.

Trump’s tone on Fox was part gloat, part grievance. He dismissed the chaos surrounding federal workers and the mounting air traffic controller shortages that had threatened to upend airports across the country.

“I was not happy when I saw all these people. … Look, life is not so easy for anybody. Our country has never done better. We should not have had people leaving their jobs,” Trump said.

It was classic Trump—acknowledge the problem, then pivot to his preferred narrative that the economy is thriving and the administration has things under control.

Still, the president seemed to improvise when asked about his earlier idea to reward air traffic controllers who kept working during the shutdown with $10,000 bonuses.

“I don’t know. I’ll get it from someplace,” Trump said. “I always get the money from someplace.”

As the dust settles on the shutdown standoff, one thing is clear: Trump sees the fight as a personal win. Schumer may have helped broker the deal to reopen the government, but in Trump’s telling, it wasn’t a compromise. It was a surrender.

Watch the clip below from Fox News:

President Trump just ended Chuck Schumer’s political career:

“He thought he could break the Republicans, and the Republicans broke him.”pic.twitter.com/JPce1X52wr

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) November 11, 2025