Sen. Mazie Hirono Mazie Keiko HironoDemocrats unveil plan declaring racism a public health issue Overnight Defense: US, Russia trade blame over Syria incident | Pentagon calls out China's 'counterproductive' military exercises, missile test | Democrats press Esper on COVID-19 response Democrats press Esper on 'concerning' rise in Pentagon's COVID-19 cases MORE (D-Hawaii) on Tuesday expressed skepticism that forthcoming meetings between moderate lawmakers and President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE will help bring an end to the partial government shutdown.

"[Trump's] word is not good," Hirono said on CNN's "New Day," adding that last month the president appeared to support Senate-passed bills to fund the government before indicating he wouldn't support them.

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"I call it the Tuesday-Thursday Trump," Hirono added. "On Tuesday he’ll tell you everything is great, and by Thursday it’s all off the table."

Hirono suggested that the onus to end the shutdown was on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and she called on him to schedule votes on House-passed bills that would fully reopen the government.

McConnell has said he will not hold votes on such measures unless he's assured that Trump will sign them into law.

Roughly 25 percent of the federal government has been shuttered for 25 days as the White House and congressional Democrats remained locked in a standoff over the president's demand for more than $5 billion to construct his desired wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

An administration official confirmed to The Hill on Monday that two different groups of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have been invited to the White House for separate meetings for talks on Wednesday and Thursday.

There were signs late Monday of a bipartisan group forming in the Senate to find a way to end the shutdown, but that effort does not appear to involve Trump.