2/1/2019

BORDER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump described House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as ‘very rigid’ during negotiations over ending the government shutdown last month and claimed his Democratic rival engaged in ‘very bad politics’ on his proposed border wall. The president made the remarks in an interview with CBS, part of which will air on Super Bowl Sunday [2-3-19] ahead of his State of the Union address and amid ongoing, bipartisan negotiations to avoid another government shutdown while addressing border security…The stalemate between Trump and Pelosi led to a record-setting 35-day partial shutdown of the federal government. Pelosi and other Democrats have rejected new funding for the president’s wall in the deal expected to emerge from talks on Capitol Hill, though she has left open the idea of increased money for border security. Trump has said that without border wall funding he will declare a national emergency to free up funding for the project.”

John Fritze, “Trump describes Nancy Pelosi as ‘very rigid’ during shutdown talks,” USA Today, February 1, 2019 7:12 pm