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.
"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.
Repeat - President Donald Trump's Impeachable Offenses Became More Impeachable | The Last Word | MSNBC
"The Great Unraveling Of President Donald Trump's Defenses | Deadline | MSNBC"
MSNBC Published on Dec 12, 2018
Trump's impeachable offenses became more impeachable after Cohen was sentenced for election crimes directed by Trump, federal prosecutors revealed they have more witnesses to corroborate Cohen's account, and New York's AG plans to investigate Trump's businesses and his family. Lawrence discusses with Ron Klain and Jill Wine-Banks.
Legal Nightmare: President Donald Trump Bracing For NY Feds | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC
"The Great Unraveling Of President Donald Trump's Defenses | Deadline | MSNBC"
MSNBC Published on Feb 25, 2019
"The Daily Beast" reports Trump is already asking his lawyers to stay on for months or years, far beyond the end of the Mueller probe to brace for the potential legal challenges posed by the open probes in the Southern District of New York. “Above the Law” Editor, Elie Mystal, tells Ari Melber “there is significant jeopardy up and down the Trump Organization” and while Mueller has “a limited scope” SDNY can investigate any crime.
Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him [...] Mr. Trump’s lawyers add this novel response: The president has been public about his disdain for the Mueller investigation and other federal inquiries, so he is hardly engaged in a conspiracy. He fired one F.B.I. director and considered firing his replacement. He humiliated his first attorney general .. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/us/politics/jeff-sessions-trump.html?module=inline .. for being unable to “control” the Russia investigation and installed a replacement, Mr. Whitaker, who has told people he believed his job was to protect the president. But that, they say, is Donald Trump being Donald Trump. P - In other words, the president’s brazen public behavior might be his best defense. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=146966041
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President Donald Trump: ‘Why Shouldn't I Like’ Murderous N.K. Dictator? | The Last Word | MSNBC
MSNBC Published on Mar 1, 2019
The president took his praise and defense of Kim Jong Un even farther this week, drawing outrage from the parents of Otto Warmbier, the American killed by North Korea's regime. Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) talks to Lawrence about his plan for Congress to rebuke Trump over his claims.
Spicer has said if he could have a do over on his first press briefing he would take it. In other words he would not have attacked the press for reporting the news accurately.
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