WASHINGTON — President Trump abruptly cancelled a planned meeting with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meant to work out the impasse over government funding ahead of a partial shutdown next week.
Moments before delivering a scorching address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump declared that he won’t meet with the top Dems until “they get serious about the future of our nation.”
“After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive,” Trump wrote on Truth Social . 3
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