Sen. Tim Kaine Timothy (Tim) Michael KaineTrump meets with potential Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett at White House Names to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court Barrett seen as a front-runner for Trump Supreme Court pick MORE (D-Va.) on Tuesday said President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE is “irrelevant” to negotiations to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown, adding that the president will sign whatever Congress sends him.

“Donald Trump is going sit at the end of Pennsylvania Avenue and tweet while we’re going to find a deal. And then we’re going to send a deal up to him, and he’s going to sign it. He is irrelevant to this process,” Kaine said on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes.”

“Congress is going to do the deal, we’re going to send it to him and he’s going to sign it, regardless of what’s in it,” he added.

Kaine’s comments came after Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerJacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee CNN's Toobin: Democrats are 'wimps' who won't 'have the guts' to add Supreme Court seats Republican senator says plans to confirm justice before election 'completely consistent with the precedent' MORE (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiTrump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally CDC causes new storm by pulling coronavirus guidance Overnight Health Care: CDC pulls revised guidance on coronavirus | Government watchdog finds supply shortages are harming US response | As virus pummels US, Europe sees its own spike MORE (D-Calif.) canceled a meeting regarding budget negotiations with Trump and Republican leaders.

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Trump had tweeted Tuesday morning that he didn't "see a deal" with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown.

Democrats have insisted that any funding deal include protections for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children after Trump announced plans to halt the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program earlier this year.

"Given that the President doesn’t see a deal between Democrats and the White House, we believe the best path forward is to continue negotiating with our Republican counterparts in Congress instead," Schumer and Pelosi said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

Trump delivered remarks later Tuesday afternoon with empty chairs on either side of him, and nameplates on the table indicating the seats were for Schumer and Pelosi.

Trump said he was “not surprised” they canceled, suggesting they are “all talk” and “no action.”

Kaine served as Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE's running mate in the 2016 election, which the two lost to Trump and Vice President Pence.