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President Donald Trump continued to criticize Democrats over the government shutdown, which has now entered its ninth day.

"You have Democrats that they've lost their way. They have no leadership. We don't even know who to deal with over there," Trump said as he convened a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House.

"Republicans have voted repeatedly to pass a clean, nonpartisan bill to reopen government at the same funding levels," Trump said.

Democrats have so far opposed the clean continuing resolution as they push for health care provisions, specifically extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.

"We're not going to do anything -- only good for health care," Trump said. "We're really, I think, have become the party of good health care."

President Donald Trump continued to threaten to make cuts amid the shutdown and said he would be targeting "Democrat programs."

"We'll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren't popular with Republicans. Frankly, because that's the way it works. They wanted to do this, so we'll get a little taste of their own medicine," Trump said without giving any specifics.

Legal experts argue the Constitution and federal law allow only Congress to declare cuts to federal agencies or remove them entirely.

The White House has not provided more details on the legality of Trump's threats, nor has it responded to questions as to how firing people who are not getting paid would cut down on waste.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune again demanded Thursday that Senate Democrats vote to reopen the government to ensure military troops receive pay.

"If Democrats can't bring themselves to reopen the government by the end of the day, our troops, the people who protect and defend this country, will start missing their paychecks. To say that that's unacceptable is an understatement," Thune said in remarks on the Senate floor.

As Thune spoke on the floor, he was next to a poster with a quote from Schumer's interview with Punchbowl that stated, "Every day gets better for us."

"We could reopen the government in just a few hours, literally. Pay our troops, pay our federal workers, and stop this madness," he said.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

The White House is capitalizing on comments made by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who said as the shutdown goes on, "every day gets better for us."

Schumer made the comment to Punchbowl defending the Democrats' shutdown strategy.

"It's because we've thought about this long in advance and we knew that health care would be the focal point on Sept. 30 and we prepared for it," he said. "Their whole theory was — threaten us, bamboozle us, and we would submit in a day or two."

The White House quickly took note and began to criticize Schumer online.

"While Schumer is celebrating, Americans are suffering. America last. Every. Single. Time," said a post on the official White House account on X.

"Better for Schumer. Worse for Americans. What a vile sentiment from an alleged leader in our country," Vice President JD Vance said on X.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez