President Donald Trump told reporters he has appointed a team that will meet with a Democratic group over the weekend to resolve the border wall standoff.
President Donald Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden that he has appointed a team, led by Vice President Mike Pence, that will meet with a Democratic group over the weekend to resolve the border wall standoff that prompted a partial government shutdown—at the same time standing firm on his funding demands.
At the Jan. 4 open press conference, Trump reiterated his calls for $5.6 billion in funding for the U. S.–Mexico border wall, after earlier talking for more than two hours with congressional Democratic leaders.
Trump said he’s not willing to reopen the government until the border is secure.
“We have to get a structure built,” he said, adding that they are “very firm” on the requested funding number.
Trump described the immigration situation at the Southern border as a “dangerous, horrible disaster.”
The shutdown has now gone into its 14th day. Democrats have fiercely opposed meeting Trump’s border wall demands.
