BORDER/DEMS/FRANCE/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [12-12-18] said he would move to fortify U.S. borders ‘even more’ in the wake of an attack in France that left three dead and more than a dozen wounded, criticizing Democratic congressional leaders for pushing back on his requests for money to build a proposed border wall with Mexico…A gunman opened fire Tuesday [12-11-18] at an outdoor Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, near the border with Germany. Although he has not been apprehended, the Strasbourg-born gunman was known to authorities before the shooting, which French officials have said is ‘probably’ terrorism-related. Trump met Tuesday with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi over his $5 billion request for funding to build the border wall, a sit-down that quickly deteriorated into a partisan brawl on live television, culminating with Trump’s declaration that he would be ‘proud’ to force a partial government shutdown if his demands were not met.”
–Caitlin Oprysko,”Trump uses French terrorist attack to advance push for border wall funding,” Politico, December 12, 2018 8:35 am