President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned bipartisan housing bill signing ceremony on Capitol Hill after posting that he would not sign the legislation unless Congress first passed his voter ID proposal, the SAVE America Act.

The decision came just as Republican leaders were preparing to promote the housing measure as a key affordability win, leaving them to scramble after the reversal.

A subsequent lunch meeting between Trump and Senate Republicans was described as tense, with Trump focusing heavily on his election-related demands.

Some GOP senators said the discussion was unifying in tone only briefly, while most of the meeting centered on disagreements over priorities, NPR has reported.

The episode adds to growing strains between Trump and congressional Republicans as he continues pressing for his voting agenda.