Trump accuses Schumer of 'political extortion' amid nominations blockade

President Donald Trump directed his ire at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Saturday as Democrats continue to delay the confirmation of the president’s remaining civilian nominees.

Senators have remained in Washington, D.C., over the weekend in order to confirm the rest of Trump’s nominees, foregoing part of an August recess to get them over the line. As progress has reportedly not been made on a deal to fast-track the nominations, Trump, who is in New Jersey for the rest of the day, took to Truth Social to call out Schumer for an “egregious and unprecedented” demand that the White House release funding in exchange for the swift confirmations, going so far as to accuse him of “political extortion.”