India, Aug. 3 -- Amid the row over nominations in the Senate, US President Donald Trump told Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer to "go to hell." In a Truth Social post, Trump slammed Schumer's demand for federal funds to be released and called on Republicans to avoid striking a deal in the Senate.

"Senator Cryin' Chuck Schumer is demanding over One Billion Dollars in order to approve a small number of our highly qualified nominees, who should right now be helping to run our Country. This demand is egregious and unprecedented, and would be embarrassing to the Republican Party if it were accepted," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The president further alleged that Schumer was under "tremendous political pressure from within his own party, the ...