President Donald Trump alleged that Senate Democrats are possibly delaying his nominees in exchange for money in a heated post on Truth Social Sunday night.
In the post, Trump accused Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of slowing down the confirmations of more than 150 executive nominees.
"Democrats, lead[sic] by Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, are slow walking my Nominees, more than 150 of them. They wanted us to pay, originally, two billion dollars for approvals. The Dems are CRAZED LUNATICS!!!" the post read.
He implied that Democrats were leveraging the process to extract funding agreements — a tactic his associates have described as "political extortion."
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Trump accuses Senate Democrats of using nominee confirmations as leverage for funding deals
- by: Christina Shaw
- 08.04.25
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Fox News
- 08/04/2025
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