Democrats’ demands to extend soon-to-expire health insurance subsidies are at the center of the impasse. Trump’s latest attack was less pointed than some in recent days, but carried the same theme of portraying Democrats as willing to risk a shutdown over unpopular policies. Democrats, meanwhile, insist that any stopgap bill include extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies, safeguards against Medicaid cuts and other health care measures. Democrats emerged from Monday’s White House meeting insisting they would not back a funding bill without conditions. “I think we’re headed into a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do the right thing,” Vice President JD Vance said earlier Monday.