‘Trump Is NOT Happy’ After House Passes Bill Without ‘His Main Ask’: Report

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President-elect Donald Trump is displeased that the House of Representatives passed a spending bill on Friday night that did not include an extension or elimination of the debt ceiling. Passage came just hours ahead of a potential government shutdown. The Senate later passed the bill by a vote of 85-11.

The legislation, which funds the government for three months, easily cleared the two-thirds threshold to suspend the rules and pass the lower chamber. Lawmakers green-lit the bill 366-34 thanks to 196 Democratic and 170 Republican votes in favor. All 34 votes against were cast by Republicans.

On Wednesday,  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) scrapped an earlier funding bill after Elon Musk and Trump came out against it. Seemingly of nowhere, Trump demanded the House raise or abolish the debt ceiling, which sets a limit on how much money the federal government may borrow. The debt ceiling has occasionally been used as a cudgel by congressional Republicans against Democratic presidents. Not surprisingly, Democratic lawmakers have signaled a willingness to back its elimination.

“Anybody that supports a bill that doesn’t take care of the Democrat quicksand known as the debt ceiling should be primaried and disposed of as quickly as possible,” Trump told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

However, no debt ceiling provision was included in the legislation that passed on Friday.

Semafor congressional bureau chief Burgess Everett reported that Trump was irked by this development.

“Trump is NOT happy that the spending deal doesn’t include the debt ceiling, according to [a] person who spoke with him this p.m.,” Everett posted on X. “Not clear he’ll publicly try to stop the bill in the Senate but Trump’s not thrilled the bill doesn’t contain his main ask[.]”

As of this writing, the president-elect has not publicly commented on the bill’s passage.