President Trump just announced that both the house and the Senate are working on a clean continuing resolution to keep Chuck Schumer from shutting down the government.

Here’s what he wrote:

Congressional Republicans, including Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson, are working on a short term “CLEAN” extension of Government Funding to stop Cryin’ Chuck Schumer from shutting down the Government. In times like these, Republicans have to stick TOGETHER to fight back against the Radical Left Democrat demands, and vote “YES!” on both Votes needed to pass a Clean CR this week out of the House of Representatives. Democrats want the Government to shut down. Republicans want the Government to OPEN. Democrats love CRIME, Republicans make our Country SAFE — WE HATE CRIME. FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

Schumer is going to try and shut the government down anyway because that’s what the left wants. They want a big fight – and Schumer is already on thin ice after not blocking an earlier CR in March. So there’s no way he’s not going to miss this opportunity to shut the government down.

But what Trump appears to be doing is trying to pin Democrats in a corner on this so that he can say what he said in this announcement, that Dems are the party of crime and of government shutdowns. We’ll see if it works because elections are coming up next year.