Donald Trump claims a “big victory” with the coming end of the budgetary paralysis

(Washington) Donald Trump said Tuesday that the coming end of the budgetary paralysis in the United States represented a “very big victory” for the Republicans, while anger is growing among Democrats over the senators from their camp who voted to end the shutdown.

During a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, the US president praised the work of Republican leaders in Congress, Mike Johnson and John Thune.

“Congratulations to you and John and everyone on a very big victory,” Donald Trump said to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, present in the audience.

“We are reopening our country, it should never have been closed,” he added.

After more than 40 days of blockage, the American Congress is preparing to vote on a new budgetary text which would make it possible to lift the shutdown.

The Senate passed a bill that extends the current budget until the end of January, and the House is scheduled to debate it starting Wednesday, with a vote expected potentially in the evening.

All that would then remain is Donald Trump’s signature.

Due to the rules in force in the Senate, several Democratic votes were necessary to adopt a budget, even if the Republicans have the majority.

Ultimately, eight opposition senators voted in favor, after behind-the-scenes negotiations.

These centrist elected officials have attracted the wrath of many members of their own camp, who denounce meager concessions and empty promises from the Republicans.

California Governor Gavin Newsom lamented on X on Sunday a “surrender” and “betrayal” to working America.

The leader of the Democratic minority in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, urged Republicans to keep their commitment to soon organize a vote in Congress to extend certain subsidies for “Obamacare”, the main public health insurance program for low-income Americans.

“Now we’re going to have to see action, or if it was just words,” Hakeem Jeffries said on CNN.

The question of these subsidies is at the heart of the dispute between Republicans and Democrats which led to the shutdown.

Since 1^er October, more than a million civil servants are not paid, the payment of certain aid is severely disrupted, as is air traffic, with now hundreds of flight cancellations every day.