The relationship between President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has deteriorated to its lowest point, setting up a potentially dangerous confrontation over government funding this fall. The two leaders went head-to-head last week for the first time in nearly six months over administration nominee confirmations, but that dispute was merely a preview of a much larger battle ahead.
Despite their decades of shared history as New York political figures, Trump and Schumer now have virtually no working relationship. They have not held a formal one-on-one meeting since Trump’s second inauguration, and they did not speak directly during the recent nominations negotiations. This breakdown in communication has many on Capitol Hill worried about what lies ahead.
