Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday warned against detonating the Senate’s “nuclear option” — even as he declined to fully rebuke former President Donald Trump’s demand to blow up the chamber’s 60-vote rule to reopen the government.

The Louisiana Republican told reporters he hasn’t spoken with Trump since the former president’s Truth Social post Thursday night that urged Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster. But Johnson didn’t dispute Trump’s anger, calling it “another expression of the frustration, of the anger that has been felt, the anger by the President.”

Johnson framed the issue as one for senators to decide, while stressing the risks of scrapping the long-standing rule that requires bipartisan support for most bills to move forward.

“The filibuster has traditionally been viewed as a very important safeguard. If the shoe was on the other foot, I don’t think our team would like it,” Johnson said.

He warned Democrats would waste no time ramming through their wish-list if they held power without the 60-vote check — ticking off new blue states, gun bans and other liberal priorities. If Democrats controlled the Senate with no filibuster, he said, they would make the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico states, bar firearms and “do all sorts of things that would be very harmful for the country.”

Trump’s post landed shortly after he returned from Asia, where he claimed foreign leaders asked how Democrats managed to shut down the government and “why did the powerful Republicans allow them to do it?”

“It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option — Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!” Trump wrote.

Senate Republicans aren’t budging, at least for now. Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) said Friday he’s a “firm no” on killing the filibuster.

“The filibuster forces us to find common ground in the Senate. Power changes hands, but principles shouldn’t. I’m a firm no on eliminating it,” Curtis posted.

Senate GOP leadership has already thrown cold water on the idea. Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said last week that nuking the rule to reopen the government would be a “bad idea.”

Republicans hold 53 seats in the Senate, meaning they technically could muscle through a rules change and declare the filibuster irrelevant for government-funding bills. But doing so would upend the chamber — and set both parties up to rewrite federal law at will whenever they control Washington with a simple majority.

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