Later Tuesday, Trump said he would meet with Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, but only after the shutdown ends. Trump argued that voters would hold Democrats responsible for disruptions caused by the shutdown, including federal workers going without pay and shuttered museums. Trump praised White House budget director Russ Vought, whom he likened Tuesday to the Star Wars villain, Darth Vader, for moving to freeze some funding during the standoff. Much of that pause — $7 billion of the total — is in New York state, which Trump has particularly singled out. Earlier this month, the White House halted $18 billion in New York infrastructure funding affecting the Hudson Tunnel Project and Second Avenue Subway.