President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he decided not to meet with Democratic leaders to discuss a funding deal to avoid a government shutdown because their “unserious and ridiculous demands” meant “no meeting … could possibly be productive.”
A day earlier, Trump scrapped a planned meeting with leading Democratic leaders on funding the federal government to avoid a shutdown, saying he would only meet with them if they agreed to some of his demands.
“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 posted Wednesday afternoon on Truth Social.
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