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President Donald Trump has apparently been receiving updates about the government shutdown over the phone as he spent his Saturday in the Oval Office instead of on the Mar-a-Lago golf course as he'd initially intended. Trump was pictured in one of his white 'Make America Great Again Hats' and apparently speaking on the phone Saturday afternoon. 

The White House Director of Social Media Dan Scavino Jr said the President was 'receiving the latest updates from Capitol Hill on negotiations to end the #DemocratShutdown,' which was quickly called into questioning as there are no papers on his desk in front of him.

And as GOP leaders were keeping Trump up-to-date on the status of the Government, they were also releasing a new advertisement against illegal immigration and 2018 Democratic congressional candidates. 

The Trump campaign released a new ad on Saturday - calling Democrats 'complicit' in any future murders committed by immigrants who are in the country illegally. 'President Trump is right - build the wall, deport criminals, stop immigration now,' the advertisement says over clips of Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer and Representative Nancy Pelosi. 

'Democrats who stand in our way will be complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants.' 

The ad came at a choice time for Republicans trying to paint the opposition party as guilty for the government shutdown.

Trump's campaign sent the ad, titled 'Complicit',after all but five Democrats voted against the spending bill Friday night because Republicans refused to discuss legislation that might offer DACA protections. 

The President has faulted Democrats for the shutdown - claiming that the party wants 'unchecked illegal immigration' over the 'safety of Americans.' 

He was especially upset over the shutdown because it meant he could not spend take Air Force One to Mar-a-Lago for a big-ticket gala commemorating his first year in office.    

The event at his private resort club commanded as much as $250,000 per couple for Republican campaign coffers. His sons Donald Jr and Eric are expected to attend in his place. 

Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority leader, also voiced that opinion, stating that Schumer 'wants to keep the government shut down for hundreds of millions of Americans until we finish negotiating on the subject on illegal immigration.

And while Schumer will admit that the lack of DACA protections are what kept most democrats from approving the budget - he says he thought he had a fix on Friday afternoon when he met with Trump.