President Donald Trump on Friday said he had an “[e]xcellent preliminary meeting” with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to discuss the impending government shutdown. He also voiced his preference for four-week continuing resolution to fund the government, though members of both parties, especially Democrats, have resisted that time frame.
Excellent preliminary meeting in Oval with @SenSchumer – working on solutions for Security and our great Military together with @SenateMajLdr McConnell and @SpeakerRyan. Making progress – four week extension would be best!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2018
Trump’s assessment of the discussion came two-and-a-half hours after Schumer’s. The Senate minority leader told reporters after leaving the meeting that “We made some progress, but we still have a good number of disagreements.”
Schumer added: “The discussions will continue.”
Democrats — and some Republicans — have mostly held their ground in demanding that a spending bill provide legal protections for young undocumented immigrants.
Trump abruptly ended the DACA program, which protects qualified undocumented immigrants from deportation, on Sept. 5.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll released Friday found that far more respondents would blame Trump and congressional Republicans for a government shutdown than Democrats. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday reflected similar sentiments.
Who was the last person to speak with him?
If the country really needs funds to keep going, maybe Fred Trump can be reanimated to buy poker chips from our casino, like he did for DJT.
I honestly don’t think Trump understood a lick of what was discussed or remembers or cares what he agreed to.
Of course he doesn’t know. He also doesn’t care. He wants to get to Florida and play golf. Why is that so hard to understand?
Golf. Speaking of mental illness.