President Trump Tuesday scrapped a planned meeting with Democratic congressional leaders that had offered hope to avert a government shutdown as soon as next week.

Just a day after agreeing to a sit down this coming Thursday, Trump reversed course and slammed as “unserious and ridiculous” the demands made by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.

“I have decided that no meeting with their congressional leaders could possibly be productive,” Trump wrote on his social media site.

Democrats are demanding that Trump dial back cuts to health spending in exchange for their support for a Republican stopgap spending plan to keep the government open past next Wednesday.

Republicans need 60 votes to pass the measure in the Senate, meaning they need several Democratic votes.

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