"Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Pete Hegseth on Saturday pressed a White House spokesman to identify the "unicorn" Democratic lawmakers he suggested would be willing to work with President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE on a border wall.

"You’re giving a lot of good faith to Democrats, which I’ve yet to see," Hegseth told White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley. "And I don’t know who all these unicorn, moderate Democrats are that are gonna suddenly work with this president."

"Sounds nice, but count me as skeptical," he added.

The host's comments came after the Trump aide insisted that the president did not cave on his demands for border wall funding but instead "stood up for the American people" on Friday by agreeing to fully reopen the government for three weeks.

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"What changed was that we had Democrats from rank-and-file positions come to us and say, 'Listen, we ran on safety and security, our constituents don't think walls are immoral. They don't think locking their doors at night, protecting their own families, is immoral. We are not like Chuck Schumer Chuck SchumerPelosi orders Capitol flags at half-staff to honor Ginsburg Ginsburg in statement before her death said she wished not to be replaced until next president is sworn in Democrats call for NRA Foundation to be prohibited from receiving donations from federal employees MORE, we are not Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Ginsburg successor must uphold commitment to 'equality, opportunity and justice for all' Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Pelosi orders Capitol flags at half-staff to honor Ginsburg MORE's puppet, we want to work with you guys to come to a solution when we open the government, to actually build barriers around the southern border,' " he said.

Gidley said "the dam was beginning to break on the Democrat side and we could get something accomplished. That's why the president decided to open the government."

Trump agreed to temporarily reopen the government on Friday after a 35-day partial shutdown. The president's decision came amid increasing GOP angst and a series of negative opinion polls over the shutdown, which had also started to snarl air travel.

The shutdown centered on disagreements between the president and congressional Democrats over Trump's demand for $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall.

The funding bill passed Friday funds a quarter of the government that had been closed since Dec. 22 through Feb. 15 with the expectation that a solution to border security is developed.

The vast majority of Democrats have repeatedly said they will not support a border wall, and Trump has threatened to declare a national emergence when the deadline next month arrives unless lawmakers have agreed to provide funding for a wall.

"If you get to the end of three weeks and there’s no magical deal, ’cause Nancy’s not going to allow it, is the president prepared to declare a national emergency or another measure to make sure the wall gets built?” Hegseth asked Gidley on Saturday.

The White House spokesman responded that "all those options remain on the table."