BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he left a meeting on border wall funding with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday [1-9-19] because it was a ‘total waste of time,’ while Democrats said he walked out in a ‘temper tantrum.’ Trump met at the White House with congressional leaders including two top Democrats – House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer – on the 19th day of a government shutdown sparked by Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall…Schumer told reporters that Trump walked out after Pelosi declined his demand for wall funding. ‘Again, we saw a temper tantrum because he couldn’t get his way,’ Schumer said.”
–Reuters, “Trump Says Meeting With Democrats ‘Waste of Time’,” The New York Times online, January 9, 2019