As the government shutdown closes in on its third week, some members of the Trump administration believe that Democrats may soon be willing to come to the table.

Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, suggested that the end could be in sight for the government shutdown.

'I think the Schumer shutdown is likely to end some time this week.'

In a CNBC interview, Hassett said , "A lot of our friends in the Senate have said that it was just bad optics for Democrats to open the government before the No Kings rally, and that now there's a shot that this week things will come together and very quickly the moderate Democrats will move forward and get us an open government."

The No Kings rallies , a series of feeble nationwide protests against the Trump administration,

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