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Don Lemon: Trump waking up to whole new reality

"The Great Unraveling Of President Donald Trump's Defenses | Deadline | MSNBC"

CNN
Published on Jan 2, 2019

CNN's Don Lemon discusses President Donald Trump's comments during a White House meeting with his Cabinet and congressional leaders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLIfL1UThHI

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Trump and Democrats Dig In After Talks to Reopen Government Go Nowhere

Video - Pelosi and Schumer Recap Meeting With Trump on Shutdown
By The Associated Press
Congressional leaders, including Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer, met with President Trump to discuss border security. Ms. Pelosi said Democrats will put forth legislation to end the shutdown. Jan. 2, 2019 Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael Tackett

Jan. 2, 2019

WASHINGTON — President Trump and Democratic congressional leaders dug in Wednesday for a lengthy partial shutdown in a newly divided government after a White House meeting — the first in 22 days — could not break an impasse over Mr. Trump’s demands for billions of dollars for a border wall.

During the contentious meeting in the Situation Room, Mr. Trump made his case for a wall on the southwestern border and rejected Democrats’ proposals for reopening the government while the two sides ironed out their differences.

“I would look foolish if I did that,” Mr. Trump responded after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, posed the question to him directly, according to three officials familiar with the meeting who described it on the condition of anonymity. He said that the wall was why he was elected, one of the officials said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/trump-congress-shutdown.html

No, you could look, even if only a little bit, like a responsible leader. The longer you refuse to reopen the government the more foolish you will look.

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Rattled President Donald Trump Braces For Nancy Pelosi Era | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

MSNBC
Published on Jan 2, 2019

Nancy Pelosi says there will be “nothing for the wall” in a bill to reopen the Government, as Democrats prepare to take over the House. Democratic Strategist Julian Epstein tells Ari Melber that Trump will now have to deal with an opposition that is “a lot smarter than he is”. Former RNC Chair Michael Steele, says Trump’s base is still “buying” the notion that Mexico will pay for the wall, despite a government shutdown over taxpayer funding for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9c_tRKEKjw

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Trump’s shutdown has paralyzed immigration courts. Oh, the irony.
By Editorial Board January 1 at 4:59 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-shutdown-has-paralyzed-immigration-courts-oh-the-irony/2019/01/01/4e9c8682-0d46-11e9-8938-5898adc28fa2_story.html?utm_term=.55fd0cc6310b

"Mexico will pay for the wall." Melber is right: It's The first time in American history a president shuts down government to break his own campaign promise.

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Anderson Cooper exposes Trump’s false claims in cabinet meeting

CNN
Published on Jan 2, 2019

CNN's Anderson Cooper checks President Donald Trump's comments during a White House meeting with his cabinet and congressional leaders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0WEfPIgw48