Sept. 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump plans to meet this week with the two top Democratic leaders in Congress, as a Sept. 30 funding deadline to keep the government open nears, according to a source familiar with the planning.
Trump is expected to meet with Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, both from New York, on Thursday after receiving a letter, the source told Roll Call, CBS and NBC News.
The president told reporters over the weekend he is not expecting any breakthroughs but will "continue to talk to the Democrats, but I think you could very well end up with a closed country for a period of time."
"They want all this stuff. They don't change. They haven't learned from the biggest beating they've ever taken," Trump said. "I'd love to meet with them, but I don't think it's going to have an impact."
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