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MaddowBlog-Ahead of shutdown deadline, Trump cancels Democratic meeting he'd already agreed to
Last edited Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:53 PM - Edit history (1)
After scheduling a meeting with Democratic leaders in the hopes of preventing a shutdown, the president changed his mind for reasons that were bonkers.
The problem isn’t just that Trump canceled a shutdown meeting with Dems the day after agreeing to it.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-23T18:01:36.951Z
He also presented the public with a delusional list of Democratic demands that was quite bonkers, even for him, making a shutdown far more likely. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ahead-shutdown-deadline-trump-cancels-democratic-meeting-d-already-agr-rcna233201
House Republican leaders left town last week and don’t plan to return until after the deadline, Senate Republican leaders also decided not to be on Capitol Hill this week and Donald Trump apparently doesn’t intend to talk to the Democratic leaders whose support he needs to prevent a shutdown. NBC News reported:
......The problem, of course, is that Trump’s description was alarmingly delusional. What Democrats have asked for is an extension of existing insurance subsidies for Americans who receive health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act. The stuff Trump attributed to Democrats in his online missive was quite bonkers and had no basis in reality.
“Trump is running away from the negotiating table before he even gets there,” Schumer responded soon after. “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.”
Jeffries added, “Trump Always Chickens Out. ... The extremists want to shut down the government because they are unwilling to address the Republican healthcare crisis that is devastating America. Hold the line.”
With seven days remaining, the odds of a shutdown are going up, not down.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled a planned meeting with top congressional Democrats one week before a potential government shutdown. In a long social media post, Trump wrote that after ‘reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands’ that Democrats are making, ‘I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive.’
......The problem, of course, is that Trump’s description was alarmingly delusional. What Democrats have asked for is an extension of existing insurance subsidies for Americans who receive health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act. The stuff Trump attributed to Democrats in his online missive was quite bonkers and had no basis in reality.
“Trump is running away from the negotiating table before he even gets there,” Schumer responded soon after. “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.”
Jeffries added, “Trump Always Chickens Out. ... The extremists want to shut down the government because they are unwilling to address the Republican healthcare crisis that is devastating America. Hold the line.”
With seven days remaining, the odds of a shutdown are going up, not down.
If there is a shutdown, then the Democrats can not be blamed