President Trump declared late Friday afternoon that a four-week spending deal to fund the U.S. government “would be best,” a statement that flies in the face of Democrats and some Republicans who oppose such a plan.

His tweet came after a 90-minute talk with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the White House where they did not cut a deal on spending and immigration, though Trump described it an “[e]xcellent preliminary meeting.”