New Delhi, June 24 -- US President Donald Trump unexpectedly canceled a planned signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday (June 24), turning what was meant to be a political win for Republicans into a fresh flashpoint in his ongoing dispute with Senate GOP leaders.

The move was not primarily about housing policy. Instead, it was a pressure tactic aimed at forcing Republicans to prioritize his election-security legislation, the SAVE America Act.

Hours before he was due to sign the bipartisan housing package, Trump announced on social media that the event was off.

"Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a ...