President Donald Trump met with the two top Democratic leaders in Congress on Tuesday to discuss border security funding. Trump wants $5 billion for his border wall and said he will shut down the government without it. Democrats are begging him to reconsider.
Schumer and Pelosi said they would be happy to repeat last year’s funding for border security, a $1.6 billion package. Schumer said Trump’s proposal for even more money doesn’t make sense because he has spent less than 6 percent of the $1.3 billion from last year.
“They haven’t even spent last year’s money, and now they’re demanding much, much more this year,” Schumer said.
“This Trump shutdown, this temper tantrum that he seems to throw, will not get him his wall, and it will hurt a lot of people,” Schumer added, quickly reminding reporters that Trump’s original promise was to have Mexico pay for the wall.- READ MORE