The president said he had made “not much headway” on the government budget with Democratic leaders.
Talks to end the partial US federal government shutdown will resume on Sunday, President Donald Trump says, as the stalemate enters its third week.
Mr Trump tweeted there was “not much headway made today” in talks with Democratic party representatives.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meanwhile said her party would introduce appropriation bills to try to reopen certain agencies.
About 800,000 federal workers have been without pay since 22 December.
The stand-off has seen Mr Trump withhold support for a bill to fully fund the government until he gets money for a US-Mexico border wall.
Transport Security Administration employee Brian Turner told the BBC he might have to look for another job if the shutdown continued.
“We have a five-month -ld son so we have about a month left before we’re going to have to start having those difficult conversations about what to do next,” he said.
Mr Trump said a second meeting with the Democratic Party heads was scheduled for Sunday, and reiterated his call for a wall to “fix the problems on the Southern Border”.
He had earlier met with Ms Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.
President Trump also said he could declare a national emergency to build the proposed border wall without the approval of Congress.
He said he was prepared for the partial government shutdown to last months or even years.
“I’m very proud of doing what I’m doing,” the president added.
