Investing.com - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Thursday that raising the U.S. debt ceiling is "now a mess" after House and Senate leaders did not tie an increase to a veterans' bill, as he asked.
"Now we have a big deal with [Democrats] holding them up," Trump said on Twitter.
Congress will have around 12 working days when it returns from its summer recess on Sept. 5 to raise the debt ceiling before the governments current funding expires.
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there is "zero chance" the debt ceiling won't be raised.
On Tuesday, Trump threatened to shut down the government to secure funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.
“We’re going to get our wall,” Trump said at a rally in Phoenix. “If we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”