President Trump on Monday indicated he was willing to making a deal with Democrats on health care, an issue that has been at the center of the ongoing government shutdown.

"We have a negotiation going on right now with the Democrats that could lead to very good things. And I'm talking about good things with regard to health care," Trump said in the Oval Office.

Trump declined to say if he was meeting with Democratic leaders.

Asked if he was open to making a deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats want to see extended ahead of potential premium increases, Trump said he would be open to it.

“If we made the right deal, I’d make a deal. Sure," Trump said. "You have subsidies, that's the problem with Obamacare. The subsidies are so much, it’s billions and billions of dollars

See Full Page