The Daily Populous Saturday October 4th, 2025 night edition
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President Donald Trump has accused Democrats of being “the party of hate, evil, and Satan” on Truth Social in his latest broadside in response to the U.S. government shutdown.

As part of a short posting spree late on Thursday, the president posted an image of a frowning Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, surrounded by unflattering images of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Joe and Jill Biden, under the headline: “The Party of Hate, Evil, and Satan.”

Below that, the post declared: “The Democratic Party is Dead! They have no leadership! No message! No hope! Their only message for America is to hate Trump.”

open image in gallery A meme posted by President Donald Trump accusing the opposition Democrats of being ‘the party of Satan’ ( Donald J Trump/Truth Social )

Despite the Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress, the GOP could not secure the support of the seven Democrats it needed in the Senate to pass a House resolution that would have secured fresh funding for government agencies before Tuesday’s midnight deadline.

While two Democrats and a left-leaning independent did cross the aisle during the 55-45 vote, Kentucky Republican Rand Paul likewise broke ranks to side with the opposition in obstructing the stopgap bill, which the Democrats refused to support without an extension of Covid-era healthcare premium subsidies for Obamacare being included.

Without such a measure, they argued, premiums for more than 20 million American citizens could more than double each month from $888 to $1,904 once the subsidies expire on December 31.

The result leaves as many as 750,000 federal employees going unpaid and public services cut to a minimum until lawmakers on Capitol Hill can find common ground.

Earlier Thursday, Trump said he would be meeting with Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought “to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.”

open image in gallery Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for the shutdown but has arguably inflamed the situation by taunting the opposition rather than playing mediator ( AP )

He added that he “can’t believe” that “Radical Left Democrats” have given him the “unprecedented opportunity” to do so.

However, many will argue that the president himself bears significant responsibility for the failure to avert the shutdown, having cancelled a meeting with Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries last week, meeting them only belatedly in the Oval Office on Monday without reaching an agreement and then taunting both men with a brace of AI-edited memes depicting Jeffries as a sombrero-wearing mariachi musician.

Trump has meanwhile not publicly offered any concessions to the opposition, preferring to insist instead that they simply abandon their concerns and fall into line with his demands.

He has equally made no attempt to cool his rhetoric at a time of heightened tensions and political division in the U.S. in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last month, despite calls from politicians on both sides for all parties to adopt a more measured tone.

Iowa_Dave on October 3rd, 2025 at 10:44 UTC »

This is why I see compromise to be impossible with a significant portion of the MAGA world.

Many of them identify as Christian warriors, defending their faith instead of just living it in their lives quietly. People who disagree with them are unbelievers and therefore a legitimate target on any level. They see being cruel and hateful as currying favor with their God and a righteous quest. By the same token, they believe Trump was elected as part of God's will and therefore anything he says is essentially gospel.

There is no logic or ridicule that will change this.

Treestwigs on October 3rd, 2025 at 10:34 UTC »

His former spiritual advisor was just sentenced for child sex crimes.

fart_marbles on October 3rd, 2025 at 10:26 UTC »

Satan famously advocated for accessable healthcare.