--- title: Chuck Schumer Overheard on Hot Mic: Donald Trump 'Likes Me' description: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed on a hot mic Thursday that he isn't insecure about what President Trump thinks of him. canonical: https://time.com/4942551/schumer-hot-mic-trump/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-14T21:10:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:26:28.098Z article:section: Politics og:title: Chuck Schumer Overheard on Hot Mic: President Trump 'Likes Me' og:description: "He likes us. 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Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call, Inc.  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Sep 14, 2017 9:10 PM UTC Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed on a hot mic Thursday that he isn’t insecure about what President Trump thinks of him. “He likes us. He likes me, anyway,” a [CSPAN mic picked up Schumer telling](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/chuck-schumer-hot-mic-trump-242723) someone while the screen showed a shot of the Senate floor, according to [a video posted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUO6HWz%5FX0s) by the D.C. Examiner. Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi [had announced after Wednesday night dinner with Trump](http://time.com/4940903/trump-daca-program-protections/) that they had reached a deal to replace DACA and enhance border security without Trump’s promised wall. Lately, the pair of Democratic leaders has been working more closely and publicly with Trump. Trump asserted Thursday morning that the deal was not yet in place, and House Speaker Paul Ryan said they “have not begun negotiations” to replace DACA yet, [Politico ](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/chuck-schumer-hot-mic-trump-242723)[reports](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/chuck-schumer-hot-mic-trump-242723). As Schumer continued on the hot mic, he seemed to address his statement in light of the GOP follow-up. “Look, what we said was exactly accurate,” he said, and [added that](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/chuck-schumer-hot-mic-trump-242723) “it’s going to work out.” “Here’s what I told him: I said, ‘Mr. President, you’re much better off if you can sometimes step right and sometimes step left. 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