Author: Deirdre Shesgreen / Source: USA TODAY
Senator Chuck Schumer lambasted President Donald Trump over his demand that American taxpayers pay for a border wall which has led to a partial government shutdown. USA TODAY
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of using “scare tactics” to build support for his proposed U.
S.-Mexico border wall, which she joked had been reduced from a giant, cement structure “to, I think, a beaded curtain.”Trump and congressional Democrats remained locked in a bitter stalemate Tuesday over billions of dollars in funding for the wall, which Trump has said is necessary to end a partial government shutdown now heading into its fourth day. With most lawmakers home for the holiday, a speedy resolution would amount to a Christmas miracle.
The president kept a low profile on Christmas Eve, at one point posting on Twitter that he was “alone” at the White House waiting for Democrats to agree to a deal to reopen federal agencies. The White House said Trump met with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen about border security but provided no detail about the discussion.
I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security. At some point the Democrats not wanting to make a deal will cost our Country more money than the Border Wall we are all talking about. Crazy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
“At some point the Democrats not wanting to make a deal will cost our Country more money than the Border Wall we are all talking about,” Trump posted on Twitter. “Crazy!”
Trump told reporters late Monday that there was nothing new…
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