Trump summons Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Johnson and John Thune to White House as government shutdown looms

🚨 BREAKING: Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries plan to meet with President Trump at the WHITE HOUSE this Monday, right before the October 1st government shutdown, per Punchbowl.

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Donald Trump has called on four congressional leaders for a White House showdown ahead of a looming government shutdown next week.

With government funding set to run out on Tuesday, Trump has called a meeting for Monday with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

‘President Trump has once again agreed to a meeting in the Oval Office,’ Schumer and Jeffries said in a statement.

‘As we have repeatedly said, Democrats will meet anywhere, at any time and with anyone to negotiate a bipartisan spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people. We are resolute in our determination to avoid a government shutdown and address the Republican healthcare crisis. Time is running out.’

Trump previously cancelled a meeting regarding the shutdown with Schumer and Jeffries earlier in the week because he believed it would have been unproductive, The Hill reported.

Jeffries held daily news conferences last week criticizing the meeting’s cancellation, and slammed the president for making time to attend the Ryder Cup on Long Island.

‘He didn’t have the time to meet with Democratic leaders and fund the government and address the Republican health care crisis, but Donald Trump right now, as we speak, is at a golf event?’ the lawmaker queried.

Schumer called on Thune urging him to set up a meeting with the president as the deadline for a government shutdown fast approaches, an aide to Schumer told the outlet.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15141281/trump-white-house-shutdown-government.html