⁍ High-level negotiations on a new coronavirus aid bill faced a setback on Wednesday.

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⁍ President Donald Trump accused Democrats of being unwilling to craft an acceptable compromise.

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⁍ It was unclear whether the negotiations would continue or go dormant until after the Nov. 3 presidential and congressional elections.

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– President Trump on Wednesday accused Democrats of being unwilling to craft an acceptable compromise on a new coronavirus aid bill. Trump on Twitter said he did not believe Democrats “will be willing to do what is right for our great American workers, or our wonderful USA itself, on Stimulus.” Trump’s accusation came shortly after Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, said in a tweet that Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had spoken for 48 minutes and their conversation “brings us closer to being able to put pen to paper to write legislation.” Pelosi said earlier that a key provision sought by Democrats, money to help state and local governments grappling with the pandemic, was still unresolved, reports Reuters. Trump’s tweet came amid deep opposition among Senate Republicans to a large new coronavirus stimulus bill that would aid Americans and businesses impacted by the pandemic. Some conservatives worry that another big government expenditure could hurt their November election prospects by adding to rapidly rising budget deficits. Trump’s attack on Democrats was one more turn in a bewildering negotiation that has seen the president previously call an end to negotiations, only to subsequently say that he urgently wanted a deal and one that was even bigger than Democrats had been seeking. Pelosi and Mnuchin have been hammering out the details of a relief package that could be in the range of $2.2 trillion, the number Democrats have been pushing for months. McConnell does not want to bring a large coronavirus aid bill to the Senate floor before the election.