BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-10-19] disputed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s account of their contentious meeting a day earlier, insisting that he had not slammed his fists on the table after hearing Democrats would not support funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Referring to Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a tweet as ‘Cryin Chuck,’ Trump hit back at Schumer’s claim Wednesday [1-19-19] that Trump threw a ‘temper tantrum’ in the meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and congressional leaders, eventually slamming his hands on the table and walking out of the room…The negotiations, which both sides agreed on Wednesday had gone nowhere, came two days before 800,000 federal workers are expected to miss paychecks due to a partial government shutdown now in its 20th day. Wednesday’s negotiations at the White House began with Trump reportedly handing out candy to lawmakers, but went downhill not long after. Trump tweeted following the meeting that it had been a ‘waste of time,’ and that he left after asking Pelosi whether she would be open to providing funding for a border wall if he agreed to reopen the government.”
–Caitlin Oprysko, “Trump: ‘I don’t throw temper tantrums’,” Politico, January 10, 2019 10:55 am