--- title: Donald Trump Slams Bipartisan Budget Deal description: Slammed Paul Ryan for showing "absolutely no budget discipline" canonical: https://time.com/4155579/trump-says-gop-threw-in-the-towel-on-budget-deal/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-18T20:51:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:30:40.667Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump: GOP "Threw In the Towel" on Budget og:description: Slams Paul Ryan for bipartisan deal og:url: https://time.com/4155579/trump-says-gop-threw-in-the-towel-on-budget-deal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbda6a568c8998be3/698876250a4a22777f9c798f/gettyimages-501759378.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Season 13 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump: GOP "Threw In the Towel" on Budget twitter:description: Slams Paul Ryan for bipartisan deal twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbda6a568c8998be3/698876250a4a22777f9c798f/gettyimages-501759378.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Says GOP 'Threw in the Towel' on Budget Deal  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Dec 18, 2015 8:51 PM UTC  Donald Trump (Photo by Randy Holmes/ABC Donald Trump (Photo by Randy Holmes/ABCRandy Holmes—ABC via Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Dec 18, 2015 8:51 PM UTC Presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked the Congressional budget deal that would keep the government open in a statement Friday, alleging that House Republicans “threw in the towel” on the agreement and showed “absolutely no budget discipline.” “If anyone needs more evidence of why the American people are suffering at the hands of their own government, look no further than the budget deal announced by Speaker Ryan,” Trump said in a statement to [ABC News](https://twitter.com/JTSantucci/status/677620592154165248). “The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people.” The House passed a $1.1 trillion dollar spending deal early Friday, after passing a $622 billion tax measure on Thursday, and the Senate [quickly approved both. ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/12/18/house-to-vote-on-spending-bill-that-would-avert-shutdown/) President Obama, who is expected to sign the legislation, praised the deal as an example of bipartisan cooperation. “I do want to thank Congress for ending the year on a high note,” he said in a news conference Friday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4155579/trump-says-gop-threw-in-the-towel-on-budget-deal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4155579/trump-says-gop-threw-in-the-towel-on-budget-deal/"},"headline":"Trump Says GOP 'Threw in the Towel' on Budget Deal","datePublished":"2015-12-18T20:51:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:30:40.667Z","description":"Slammed Paul Ryan for showing \"absolutely no budget discipline\"","url":"https://time.com/4155579/trump-says-gop-threw-in-the-towel-on-budget-deal/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Obama","Budget","GOP","Paul Ryan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbda6a568c8998be3/698876250a4a22777f9c798f/gettyimages-501759378.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbda6a568c8998be3/698876250a4a22777f9c798f/gettyimages-501759378.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live\" - 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