'They can't scare us': Chuck Schumer lays into Trump over 'maximum pain' shutdown; floats fix US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer delivered a fiery rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s call for a “maximum pain” shutdown, declaring, “They can’t scare us.” In a charged speech, Schumer accused Trump and hardline Republicans of using the American people as pawns in a political game. He urged lawmakers to rally around a bipartisan fix to end the chaos and restore government operations, emphasizin