The Wall Street Journal editorial board warned Republicans that following President Donald Trump’s calls to end the Senate filibuster would be “dumb.”

Since the start of the government shutdown, 79-year-old Trump has posted multiple times on Truth Social using all caps to call for the “NUCLEAR OPTION”—his term for ending the filibuster to break the impasse.

“You knew it would happen,” the editors of the Journal wrote on Monday. “Frustrated by Congress, President Trump is demanding that Republican Senators break the 60-vote filibuster rule to pass legislation,” they added.

“Republicans would be dumb and hurt the country by breaking the filibuster,” the editorial board continued.

Reports indicate that the president has become frustrated with Senate Democrats for not voting on the Republ

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