Trump cancels meeting with Democrat leadership for spending bill

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has been playing hardball this time around for the CR bill that would keep the government operational. If Senator Thune (R-SD) cannot get a handful of Democrats to support the bill, it will crash and burn, and parts of the government will cease to operate until the funding can be passed.

Trump was scheduled to meet with Schumer and Rep. Jeffries (D-NY) to discuss the package, but he just canceled that meeting.

Time to talk

Democrats have insisted that they will not help with the spending package unless Trump rescinds the Medicaid cuts and allows expiring subsidies to be renewed.

Much of this was in the DOGE cuts to eliminate fraud and waste from government spending.

Trump agreed to meet with the Democrat leaders, but even then, he was not very positive about anything coming from those meetings.

He stated, “I’d love to meet with them, but I don’t think it’s going to have any impact.”

Never mind

When Trump agreed to the meeting, Democrats did what they do best, which was chirp in the media.

Schumer was a self-proclaimed hero who was going to get Trump to cave to his demands.

Eventually, and as usually happens, Trump got tired of the talk and decided to kill the meeting.

Trump called the demands "unserious and ridiculous demands,” then added, "I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive.”

Calling out Trump

Democrats were ready for this, and as soon as the meeting was canceled, Jeffries and Schumer could not find the media quickly enough to start ranting against Trump and Republicans.

Schumer was first, stating, “Trump is running away from the negotiating table before he even gets there. While Americans face rising costs and a Republican healthcare crisis, Trump would rather throw a tantrum than do his job. Democrats are ready to work to avoid a shutdown -- Trump and Republicans are holding America hostage. Donald Trump will own the shutdown.”

Then Jeffries stated, “Trump Always Chickens Out. Donald Trump just cancelled a high-stakes meeting in the Oval Office with myself and Leader Schumer. The extremists want to shut down the government because they are unwilling to address the Republican healthcare crisis that is devastating America.”

I fully expect the government to shut down, and I fully expect Democrats and the media to blame Trump, but ask yourself one key question… if every Republican signs the legislation, and Democrats refuse simply to showboat, who is actually shutting down the government?