President Donald Trump on Saturday posted to Truth Social, slamming Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) for extorting his administration by demanding a billion dollars in exchange for the U.S. Senate voting to approve the president's nominees instead of heading home for their monthlong recess.

"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," Trump wrote.

POTUS called the demand "egregious and unprecedented," saying it would be "embarrassing" to the GOP if they caved to the "political extortion."