filibuster

Former U.S. President Donald Trump recently posted on his social platform, Truth Social, urging Republican senators to completely scrap the “filibuster” rule. He warned that if Republicans do not proactively abolish the rule, once Democrats gain power they will surely repeal it and quickly push for statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., thereby adding four Senate seats and eight House seats for Democrats. Trump said bluntly that this would allow Democrats to maintain long-term control over the electoral mechanisms and system, and could even lead to him becoming the “last Republican president.”

The statement highlights how the polarization risks of U.S. two-party political games are intensifying. The filibuster mechanism has long been a core institutional safeguard in the U.S. Senate, protecting minority parties’ ability to check power. Abolishing the rule would mean that in the future, the governing party could force major legislation through with a simple majority alone. These radical demands at the institutional level not only reveal deep anxieties within Washington’s political power, but also signal that the stability of the U.S. system and policy continuity are facing more severe institutional tests.

From the perspective of macro financial markets, uncertainty in the political system and a tendency toward legislative extremism often raise the sovereign credit risk premium and the policy risk premium. If future legislative thresholds are significantly weakened, extreme fiscal expansion or structural tax reform bills would be more likely to be enacted without cross-party consensus, worsening the cyclical volatility of U.S. government debt burdens and inflation expectations—thereby exerting structural pressure on long-term U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar credit system.

For the crypto market, political polarization and sharp swings in regulatory policy are a double-edged sword. While doubts about fiat-asset credit arising from the two-party struggle may, in theory, benefit decentralized assets such as Bitcoin, rising policy uncertainty often first suppresses institutional investors’ risk appetite. Against the backdrop of a potential restructuring of legislative rules, regulatory bills targeting the crypto industry may face more variables, and risky assets in the short term—such as $BTC —may see even more passive volatility driven by macro political noise.

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🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Trump Pushes Senate Republicans to End the Filibuster:

President Donald Trump is urging Senate Republicans to invoke the so-called "nuclear option" and eliminate the filibuster, allowing legislation to pass with a simple 51-vote majority instead of the traditional 60-vote threshold.
Trump argues that ending the filibuster would enable Republicans to advance government funding bills and key policy priorities without Democratic support, warning that failure to act could increase the risk of a government shutdown later this year.

With funding deadlines approaching and political tensions rising in Washington, investors are closely watching the budget negotiations, as a shutdown could contribute to market volatility and risk-off sentiment.
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References:
Reuters: Trump calls for removal of the Senate filibuster during government funding disputes. �
Investing.com

Reuters: Senate Republicans face growing challenges ahead of upcoming funding battles and legislative deadlines. �Reuters

Axios: GOP senators are increasingly concerned about the possibility of a government shutdown before the midterm elections. �axios.com +1
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