President Trump’s statement that a “good shutdown” might be necessary for Washington reflects the trouncing Republicans got in the 2017 spending agreement, the head of the Democratic Caucus said Tuesday.

Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) touted the Democratic successes in the omnibus package, including new funding for health research, healthcare benefits and international famine relief.

“I guess maybe some of the victories we had in this … omnibus is maybe getting under the president’s skin a little bit,” Crowley told reporters Tuesday in the Capitol.

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He also noted the scores of conservative policy riders the Republicans failed to attach, including efforts to fund Trump’s border wall, penalize “sanctuary cities” and defund Planned Parenthood.

That imbalance — and the countless reports highlighting it — led Trump to suggest Tuesday morning that a government shutdown in the next spending fight would do the country some good, Crowley surmised.

In a pair of tweets on Tuesday morning, Trump appeared frustrated over the spending deal.

“The reason for the plan negotiated between the Republicans and Democrats is that we need 60 votes in the Senate which are not there! We either elect more Republican Senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51%,” he wrote.

“Our country needs a good 'shutdown' in September to fix mess!”

Trump a few hours later praised the deal as a victory during a White House ceremony for the Air Force Academy’s football team.

And White House officials and GOP congressional leaders have cast the bill as a success for their side, noting an increase in defense and border security spending.

Other Republicans disagree.

“Democrats cleaned our clock,” Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamGOP senators say coronavirus deal dead until after election Tucker Carlson accuses Lindsey Graham of convincing Trump to talk to Woodward Trump courts Florida voters with moratorium on offshore drilling MORE (R-S.C.) told CNN Tuesday. “There are things in this bill that I just don't understand. This is not winning from the Republican point of view.”

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a founding member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, echoed that frustration, saying he’s “disappointed” the Republicans couldn’t manage a more conservative deal, particularly since they control all the levers of power in Washington.

“You're going to see a lot of conservatives be against this plan this week,” he told CNN Monday.

“Why did we last fall do a short-term spending bill if we weren't going to actually fight for the things we told the voters we were going to fight for?”

The omnibus bill, which Congress is expected to pass this week, is a victory for the Republicans in the sense that it will prevent an embarrassing government shutdown just as Trump passes the 100-day mark of his administration.

It funds the federal government through September, preventing a shutdown on Saturday.