The Daily Fuckup

President Donald Trump called off a planned meeting with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sept. 23, 2025, leaving the next round of shutdown negotiations in doubt just days before the government funding deadline.

The meeting had been set for later in the week as lawmakers and the White House tried to find a path to keep federal agencies open past Sept. 30. Democrats had pushed for a direct sit-down, saying any spending deal should also address their health care priorities.

The White House said Trump saw those Democratic demands as “unserious and ridiculous,” while Democrats argued that canceling the meeting made it harder to avoid a shutdown. As of Sept. 23, the government was still funded and had not yet shut down, but the deadline was still only a week away.

The dispute left both sides blaming the other for the stalemate. Trump was using the threat of a shutdown to press the Republican case, while Democratic leaders said they still wanted a face-to-face negotiation before the clock ran out.