U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday withdrew from a scheduled discussion with congressional Democrats on government funding, a decision that added to concerns over a possible partial shutdown of government next week.

Democrats and the Republican president postured to try to pin blame on each other for a potential shutdown, which would interfere with a range of federal services and likely furlough hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

“I have decided that no meeting with their congressional leaders could possibly be productive,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social media site.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries earlier on Tuesday said Trump had agreed to meet this week at the White House, before government

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