Trump taunts Chuck Schumer for taking ‘such a beating’ in US shutdown fight after senator dismisses his immigration plan

A day after President Donald Trump introduced an ambitious immigration plan that aimed to draw Democratic support and hours after he promised a more diplomatic tone, he publicly taunted Democrat Charles Schumer, saying he “took such a beating” in the government shutdown fight.

Trump took to Twitter aboard Air Force One while flying back from an economic conference in Davos, Switzerland, to attack Schumer, who is the Senate Minority Leader, for making an immigration deal “increasingly difficult.”

Using the nickname “Cryin’ Chuck,” which Trump first coined last year, the president mocked Schumer for being “unable to act on immigration,” suggesting that the outcome of the shutdown fight has complicated Schumer’s political calculations on immigration.

That tweet came two hours after Schumer denounced the White House’s immigration plan as an attempt to “tear apart our legal immigration system and adopt the wish list that anti-immigration hardliners have advocated for years.”

The fresh dispute illustrated the difficult path forward for Congress as it negotiates ahead of a February 8 must-pass government spending bill.