⁍ Talks between Democrats and the White House faced a setback on Wednesday.

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⁍ President Donald Trump accused them of being unwilling to craft a compromise on coronavirus aid.

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⁍ It is unclear whether the negotiations will continue or are now dormant until after the Nov. 3 presidential and congressional elections.

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– Talks between the White House and Democrats to come up with a $2 trillion plan to combat the coronavirus have hit a wall, according to President Trump. “I do not believe Democrats will be willing to do what is right for our great American workers, or our wonderful USA itself, on Stimulus,” Trump tweeted Wednesday, referring to a plan being floated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff said earlier in the day that the two had spoken for 48 minutes, and that their conversation “brings us closer to being able to put pen to paper to write legislation,” Reuters reports. But it’s not clear whether the talks will continue after the Nov. 3 elections, and it’s not clear whether Pelosi actually wants to reach a deal before then. “I’m optimistic, because even with what Mitch McConnell says, ‘We don’t want to do it before the election,'” she told MSNBC Wednesday. “But let’s keep working so that we can do it after the election. We want to before, but again, I want people to know, help is on the way.”