Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Saturday predicted that President Donald Trump “will be insistent” on including funding for his proposed border wall in a spending bill that Congress must pass to avoid a government shutdown.
“Will the President go to the mat and insist on funding his border wall as part of the stopgap government funding measure?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Kelly.
“I think it goes without saying that the President has been pretty straightforward about his desire and the need for a border wall,” Kelly said. “So I would suspect he’ll do the right thing for sure, but I would suspect he will be insistent on the funding.”
.@DHSgov Sec. Kelly to @DanaBashCNN on if @realDonaldTrump would shut down govt over wall funding: "he will be insistent on the funding." pic.twitter.com/vqZ8V9F8T9
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Trump on Friday told the Associated Press that efforts to avoid a shutdown were “going very well.”
“I think we’ll be in great shape on that,” he said.
Well, then that’s that. Of course, Kelly doesn’t specify a timeline, so when the Dems balk, as they will, then Drumpfie will weasel around when the date gets closer.
He still thinks he’s bullying plumbers and painters.
I expect Trump to specify which bills need to specified, and when, for his upcoming 70 day victory rally.
This guy exemplifies trumps* best? SAD.
“Trump will be ‘insistent’”
When is he otherwise?
Trump should prepare for another legislative failure.