President Trump makes troubling prediction about filibuster and presidency

In a new statement posted to Truth Social, President Trump urged Republican lawmakers to nuke the filibuster, while also predicting that he could be the final Republican president.

by Summer Lane | June 19, 2026

President Donald Trump made a straightforward argument for nuking the filibuster in the U.S. Senate as he continues to push lawmakers to pass the SAVE America Act, key election integrity legislation that would codify voter ID in federal elections.

“Anybody who doesn’t want to Terminate the Filibuster is a FOOL, a very stupid one, at that!” President Trump said. “The Dumocrats will end it within minutes of taking office, and then rapidly proceed to destroy our Country, adding 2 Radical Left States, 4 Dumocrat Senators, many Congressmen/women, their dream of 21 Supreme Court Justices (Not just 13, an unlucky number!), an impossible to beat number of Electoral College Votes (and that’s the Ballgame!), ‘Popular’ Vote Landslides, and so much else.”

The president argued bleakly that if the Democrats get their way next time they take power, “The Republican Party will never win another Election. I will, sadly, be the last Republican President.”

This comes amid the president’s efforts to motivate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act. The legislation cannot pass the U.S. Senate unless it rests on a simple majority vote, which would require lawmakers to “nuke” the filibuster.

As reported by LindellTV, it takes 60 votes in the U.S. Senate (cloture) to end debate on a bill and force a vote on legislation. Nuking the filibuster simply means that the Senatorial cloture requirements would be dropped to a simple majority – but the process to do so requires strategic pre-planning. It would also establish a new precedent for ramming bills through the Senate with simple majority votes, as the president noted in his statement.

“Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and the Republican Senate, must not let this ‘carnage’ happen,” President Trump said. “They will go down on the wrong side of History, as will all Republicans who just stood by and watched. The Republican Party isn’t at stake, our Country is.”

He called for Republicans to “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER AND IMMEDIATELY APPROVE THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.”

Whether the U.S. Senate will act on President Trump’s request remains to be seen. Ultimately, Senate Majority Leader Thune would play the initiating role in moving to nuke the filibuster, but he would need the unified support of Republicans in the Senate to see it through.

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