In the dispute over the US budget and the border wall, US President Donald Trump abruptly broke off a meeting with top representatives of the opposition Democrats and left the room. The conversation yesterday in the White House with opposition leaders in the House and Senate, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, had been a „total waste of time,“ Trump then wrote on Twitter.
Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2019
Schumer also reported to journalists that the president was „just getting up and going out“. The Democratic faction leader said the president had asked Pelosi if she supported the wall he was calling for. When Pelosi said no, Trump left the room. The president wants to visit the border today.
Controversy over „crisis“
Thus, a solution to end the lasting more than two and a half weeks blockade in the federal budget appears further than ever. Trump had tried to increase the pressure on the Democrats the night before by means of a televised speech from the Oval Office, granting him the required sum of 5.7 billion dollars (4.9 billion euros) for the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico. Trump described in the speech a „growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border.“
He accused the Democrats of refusing the border guards the tools they desperately need to protect our families and our nation. “ The Democrats, however, consider the wall ineffective and superfluous. They deny that there is a „security crisis“ at the border. The dispute over the wall has prevented Congress from passing a new budget law. The result is a decommissioning of most of the federal authorities, which has been ongoing since December 22.
Outrage over Trump’s son
Trump’s son, Donald junior, joined the conflict over the border wall. With a polemical Internet message, he caused outrage. On Instagram, Donald Trump junior compared the situation on the Mexican border with a zoo – and thus illegally migrant migrants indirectly with animals.
„Do you know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo? Because walls work, „wrote Trump jun. yesterday. He wanted to support his father, who, in a televised address from the Oval Office, again demanded that Congress award a bill to Congress for his project to secure the frontier.
For his entry, the Trump son received hefty criticism in the online networks.
