Breaking News
MarsLink News
Fast, Reliable, and Uncensored News Coverage
BREAKING: Trump Insists No Shutdown Talks Until Government Reopens
President Donald Trump told Democratic leaders Tuesday that he will decline to meet amid the ongoing government shutdown unless federal funding is restored first, according to a Reuters report.
The president made clear he will not entertain negotiation requests from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries until agencies resume operations, reinforcing the administration’s demand for a clean funding resolution as a precondition. Both lawmakers had formally requested a meeting to try to end the shutdown.
Their meeting request followed an earlier vote in the Senate that rejected a clean stopgap measure late Monday.
Congressional leaders of both parties acknowledged the stalemate is deepening and said no further credible progress has been made.
Republicans are urging Democrats to approve the continuing resolution passed by the House, while Democrats maintain they will not support it unless provisions tied to health-care subsidies are included.
Trump told reporters, “I would like to meet with both of them, but I said one little caveat: I will only meet if they let the country open.” He emphasized that his priority is reopening government operations — not engaging in
talks with lawmakers who he says have obstructed funding efforts.
With no meeting scheduled and the shutdown now well past three weeks, the risk of wider economic and administrative disruptions is growing.
Federal agencies say they are bracing for deeper impacts if the stalemate continues, and lawmakers are under rising pressure from state officials and business-community stakeholders to find a breakthrough.
