"You can't threaten and intimidate and say I'll walk away. It's more complicated," Chuck Schumer said. | AP Photo Schumer: 'You cannot run the presidency like you run a real estate deal'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted President Donald Trump's deal-making prowess Sunday, saying he'll "get nowhere" on tax reform and health care legislation if he continues to run the presidency like "a real estate deal."

During an interview with on ABC's George Stephanopoulos, the Democratic leader panned Trump's "basic lack of competence" in dealing with the House Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, while also taking shots at Trump's business acumen and prolific tweeting habit.


"You cannot run the presidency like you run a real estate deal. You can't tweet your way through it," Schumer said. "You can't threaten and intimidate and say I'll walk away. It's more complicated."

Schumer also accused Trump of contradicting his populist message by backing the "wealthy" interests of hardline conservatives, who helped to tank the House's Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill Friday.

"The president campaigned as a populist against the Democratic and Republican establishments, but he's been captured by the hard-right wealthy special interests," Schumer said. "That's who loved his proposal on the Trumpcare, because it gave huge tax cuts to the rich."

The Senate minority leader added that if Trump and congressional Republicans continued down a similar path on tax reform, "They'll lose again."