President Trump fumed on Wednesday after walking out of a “waste of time” meeting with Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), after the Democratic leaders refused to approve any type of funding for his wall.
“Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!” tweeted Trump.
Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence confirmed Trump’s account of the meeting, noting that after Pelosi said “No” to the wall funding, Trump “said goodbye.”
“When she said no, the president said goodbye.”
Pence describes the moment Trump walked out of a shutdown meeting with Schumer and Pelosi, calling it a “total waste of time” pic.twitter.com/7hmZDuuXGv
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) January 9, 2019
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: President Trump immediately got up and walked out of their meeting when Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats wouldn’t agree to fund a border wall. “We saw a temper tantrum” pic.twitter.com/opMQi7Qpu1
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 9, 2019
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