The president also used Truth Social today to criticize Democrats over the ongoing stalemate on funding parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Funding for several DHS agencies has been lapsed for more than a month as lawmakers negotiate new limits on federal immigration enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), however, was not impacted because it continues to receive billions of dollars guaranteed under Donald Trump sweeping bill, signed into law last year.

Meanwhile, thousands of employees at the Transport Security Administration (TSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) and the Coast Guard have been affected, and are working without pay

Trump said the ongoing shutdown is “causing chaos at the airports”, branding Democrats as “lunatics” and saying their demands are “totally unreasonable in their Radical Left asks”.

On Tuesday, a White House official confirmed that Senate Democrats sent a counteroffer on Monday aimed at resolving the budget standoff. A Trump administration official told the Guardian that the offer by Democrats was under review, although Republican lawmakers were quick to dismiss the proposal.

Democrats have previously demanded that federal officers obtain judicial warrants to enter private property. They’ve also pushed for immigration enforcement to no longer wear masks while patrolling and making arrests. This comes after agents fatally shot US citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both 37, in the streets of Minneapolis in separate cases in January.

Today, Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, will launch a discharge petition to force a vote for on a separate funding bill for the TSA, Fema, Cisa and the Coast Guard. It’s a long shot-effort from the lower chamber’s top Democrat since he would need 218 signatures to proceed.