President Donald Trump on Wednesday likened Democrats to “kamikaze pilots” while addressing GOP senators at the White House.

“I think they’re kamikaze pilots,” Trump said . “I just got back from Japan, I talked about the kamikaze pilots. I think these guys are kamikaze. They’ll take down the country if they have to.”

Trump made the comments on the 36th day of the government shutdown, and following a disastrous Election Day for Republicans .

The shutdown hurt Republicans in Tuesday’s elections, Trump said, leading to significant gains for Democrats nationwide. He added that Senate Democrats have not received enough blame for the record-long congressional standstill and have shown “zero interest” in reopening the government.

“I think if you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a

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