And so while the shutdown is going on, he knows, Larry, there's nothing he can do at this point because it's not like we can negotiate with the Democrats. The Democrats are trying to hold the American hostage over $1.5 trillion to put in the waste, fraud and abuse. that one big beautiful bill cut. We're giving the same language to them they've already voted on before five other or four other times. So there's not even room to negotiate. (02:08–02:15)
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Asserts that Democrats are demanding $1.5 trillion for wasteful spending.
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