Senator Chuck Schumer

That's how this has always been done.

Jeffries and me on the Democratic side.

Thune and Johnson on the Republican side.

and negotiate something that addresses this issue.

Will we get everything we want?

No.

Will they get everything they want?

No.

But that's how it's supposed to work.

Thune talked to the press, but there was nothing real, and he never talked to me about that and didn't have any concrete proposal either.

It was just sort of in the hallway.

Look, when I met with him, when Hakeem and I said, Mr. President, when you're ready to sit down and talk with either the two of us or better, the four of us, the four leaders, we're ready to do it.

He hasn't yet.

Now he's had his things, he's had his negotiations in the Middle East, and he's doing this with Zelensky.

But I believe that the American people, as days go on and we get closer and closer to October 31st, will make it so clear that they want this, that Trump,

I think there's a good strong likelihood that Trump goes to Johnson and said, let's solve this problem.

It's very bad.

He'll say politically, I don't know how much he cares about everybody, all the people, but he'll think that.

I think he will at the right moment, yes.

Well, yes.