After a 43-day closure, Trump signs the government financing bill

The US President signed Donald Trump Wednesday, a government funding bill to end the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States, which lasted 43 days and caused unrest in vital economic sectors in the country and left hundreds of thousands of workers without wages, while Democrats and Republicans exchanged responsibility for the budget crisis.
The Republican-dominated House of Representatives voted by a simple majority to approve a package approved by the Senate that would reopen federal departments and agencies, while many Democrats expressed their anger at what they see as the surrender of… Along with party leaders.
Trump said before signing the bill to applause from Republican lawmakers who gathered around him in the Oval Office. "Today we send a clear message that we will never give in to blackmail" He called on Americans to remember what the Democrats did in the midterm elections scheduled for next year.
House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said in a scathing speech against Democrats before the vote "They knew it would cause suffering, and they did it anyway. It was all pointless. It was wrong and evil"

Thousands of employees return to work

Now, about 670,000 government employees who were temporarily laid off will return to work, and a similar number of those who remained in their positions without pay, including more than 60,000 air traffic controllers and airport security employees, will receive their back salaries.
The agreement also stipulates the return of Federal employees who were laid off by Trump during the shutdown period, while air travel that was disrupted across the country will gradually return to normal.
Trump did not have much to say about the vote, although he took to social media to accuse the Democrats of having cost the country $1.5 trillion due to their recent actions with the shutdown.
The cost of the shutdown has not yet been determined, but the Congressional Budget Office estimates that it caused a loss of $14 billion in growth.

Continuous pressure and rejection To negotiate

Johnson and his Republican Party had no room for error, as their majority was reduced to only two votes.
Top Democrats pledged to oppose the government funding bill, partly because it does not directly address the extension of health insurance benefits that are scheduled to expire at the end of this year.
Since the beginning of the crisis, Trump has put pressure on Democrats by allowing the government shutdown to be as severe as possible and refusing to negotiate on their health insurance demands.
One million federal employees have been deprived of it. From their salaries, food benefits for low-income Americans were threatened, and air travelers faced thousands of canceled or delayed flights before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Tuesday that the chaos could worsen by the end of the week if the closure continues, with air traffic controllers not receiving their salaries and authorities issuing orders to slow air traffic.
Opinion polls showed that voters increasingly held Trump’s party responsible as the government shutdown continued for more than 40 days. But it was the Democrats who backed down and gave Republicans the additional votes they needed on Monday under Senate rules, without getting the major concessions they were demanding.

A frustrating move for Democrats

The agreement on the compromise text caused division among Democrats, with many prominent figures saying they should have stuck to extending health insurance subsidies that were at the center of the government shutdown battle.
Despite his vocal opposition to the bill and voting against it, voices rose within the Democratic Party demanding that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer resigned, accusing him of failing to rally the support of members of his bloc within the House.
This was particularly frustrating for Democrats, as the retreat came just days after electoral victories that put Trump in an awkward position for the first time since his return to the White House.
Democrats’ victories in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia in particular highlighted the issue of the cost of living, which is a weak point for Trump and Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

But Senate Republicans promised Democrats to vote on health insurance, at a time when the costs of the program are expected to double "Obamacare" to millions of Americans without extending benefits.
The health care issue itself threatened to cause a split in Trump’s coalition and his slogan "Let’s bring greatness back to America"
Trump said Monday that his former ally, Marjorie Taylor Greene "She lost her way" After the congresswoman made critical statements, including saying that she… "Disgusting" The possibility of doubling health insurance premiums for her adult children.

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