Trump cancels meeting with Dems on preventing shutdown

President Trump has canceled a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders to discuss preventing a government shutdown. The president had been scheduled to meet with the Senate and House Democratic leaders on Thursday in hopes of reaching an agreement to fund the government before the September 30th deadline. But he called off the meeting, having decided that it wouldn’t be “productive.” The president wrote online that Democrat budget requests are “unserious” and “ridiculous” and that he will only meet with leaders “if they get serious” about the country’s future.