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Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump stormed out of negotiations Wednesday on funding a US-Mexico border wall when Democratic opponents said they would not agree to the project.
“A total waste of time,” Trump tweeted about his White House meeting with top Democratic congressional leaders. “I said bye-bye, nothing else works!”

Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve 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

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, told journalists: “The president just got up and walked out.”
The two sides agreed that the meeting ended abruptly soon after starting, but not on who was to blame.
Trump hits wall as shutdown nears longest in US history
According to supporters of Trump at the meeting, the president began by asking Democratic leaders whether they would agree to fund his wall project in exchange for him ending the partial shutdown of the US government, which he has instigated in retaliation for the stand-off.
The Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, “raised her hand and said no, not at all,” said Kevin McCarthy, the senior Republican in the House.
“We heard once again that Democratic leaders are unwilling to even negotiate,” Vice-President Mike Pence said.

But Schumer said Trump was the one who was intransigent.
The president “sort of slammed the table” and left, Schumer said. “Again, we saw a temper tantrum because he couldn’t get his way.”
Trump wants US$5.7 billion to fund a wall he says is needed to keep out dangerous illegal immigrants, drug dealers and people smugglers from Mexico.
Trump pleads for wall funds to stop shedding of ‘American blood’
Democrats say the wall would have little impact on real border problems and that Trump’s tough approach has instead created a humanitarian crisis among vulnerable, unthreatening migrants.
Trump’s main lever to exert pressure on Congress has been to refuse signing spending bills that cover large areas of government. As a result, some 800,000 federal employees and many more contractors have now been without pay for almost three weeks.
Democrats insist they will not lift their opposition to the wall project and believe Americans will tire of the shutdown chaos and blame Trump.

But Trump indicated Wednesday on a visit to Republican allies in Congress that he will continue to play hardball.
“Whatever it takes,” he told journalists, when asked how long the shutdown could continue.
Earlier at the White House, Trump told journalists that if he cannot get his way, he could declare a national emergency – a measure that allows him to bypass Congress and take the wall funds he needs from the military.
A quick history of Trump’s evolving justifications for a border wall
“I think we might work a deal, and if we don’t, we might go that route,” he said, insisting he has the “absolute right” to declare an emergency, despite warnings in Congress that this could be seen as serious presidential overreach.


Trump’s triumphant 2016 campaign relied heavily on his “build the wall” slogan and since then, he has pushed the idea that the United States is being overwhelmed by dangerous migrants who enter the country illegally.
But with Democrats winning control of the House in November midterm elections, Trump’s wall push has come up against a wall of its own.
This week, an increasingly frustrated president is trying to seize the initiative.
On Thursday, he will fly down to the southern border that he described in a prime-time television speech Tuesday as an open door to murderers and other criminals.
“How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job?” Trump said.
“For those who refuse to compromise in the name of border security, I would ask to imagine if it was your child, your husband, or your wife whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken,” he said in the nine-minute speech.
Trump claimed Wednesday that his address had been a success.
But Schumer scoffed: “I don’t think he persuaded a soul with his talk last night. It was same old same old – mistruths, divisiveness. Didn’t have the effect he had hoped.”
Washington is now waiting for either side to make a move – and to see whether Trump will dare invoke emergency powers.
“Neither side feel they can cave and not pay a terrible political price,” Republican Senator Marco Rubio said on Fox News.
“Unfortunately, two things caught in the middle are securing our borders, and the men and women in federal government,” he added.


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Donald Trump storms out of negotiations with Democrats on border wall and government shutdown, calling it a ‘waste of time’

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer arrive to speak to the media following a meeting with US President Donald Trump about the partial government shutdown at the White House in Washington, DC, January 9, 2019. - Trump stormed out of negotiations Wednesday on funding a US-Mexico border wall when Democratic opponents said they would not agree to the project. "A total waste of time," Trump tweeted about his meeting with top Democratic congressional leaders. "I said bye-bye, nothing else works!" Schumer told journalists: "The president just got up and walked out." (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

epa07271944 US President Donald J. Trump (L), along with Vice President Mike Pence (C-L), Senate Republican Roy Blunt (C-R), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R), speaks to the media after attending the Senate Republican policy luncheon in Washington, DC, USA, 09 January 2019. A partial shutdown of the US federal government continues since Congress and Trump failed to strike a deal before a 22 December 2018 funding deadline due to differences regarding border security. The partial shutdown, which has become the second-longest in US history, has affected about 800,000 federal workers. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after attending the Senate Republican policy lunch in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: EPA

Analysis: Donald Trump runs into a wall as shutdown nears longest in US history

A partial shutdown of the US federal government continues. Photo: EPA

Aerial view of US President Donald Trump's border wall prototypes as seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on January 7, 2019. - US President Donald Trump stood firm Sunday on his demand for billions of dollars to fund a border wall with Mexico, claiming "tremendous" support inside his camp on the contentious issue which has forced a government shutdown now entering its third week. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, stand after delivering the Democrats' response to President Donald Trump's address on border security at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Trump demanded Congress provide billions more for border security in a prime-time address to the nation, stopping short of declaring a national emergency and giving little indication of a quick end to a paralyzing political dispute over his proposed wall on the Mexican border. Photographer: Tom Williams/Pool via Bloomberg

Migrants mainly from Mexico and Central America look on as U.S. President Donald Trump gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, watching from a border migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Donald Trump threatens national emergency in ‘next few days’ over wall and government shutdown

epa07260658 US President Donald J. Trump finishes delivering a statement on border security and the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government, with members of the National Border Patrol Council, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 03 January 2019. A partial shutdown of the government began when Congress and Trump failed to strike a deal before a 22 December 2018 deadine, due to differences regarding border security. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

The White House is seen in the background, as trash lays uncollected on the National Mall due to the partial shutdown of the US government on January 2, 2019 in Washington, DC. - President Donald Trump warned Wednesday the US federal government may not fully reopen any time soon, as he stood firm on his demand for billions of dollars in funding for a border wall with Mexico. Addressing a cabinet meeting on the 12th day of the partial shutdown, Trump warned it "could be a long time" before the impasse is resolved. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)

Officers with the U.S. Secret Service stand as Marine One, with President Donald Trump aboard, depart from the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Washington. Trump is en route to Camp David. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

No breakthrough in US shutdown talks despite ‘productive’ meeting

Vice President Mike Pence, left, White House legislative affairs aide Ja’Ron Smith, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, second row left, White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, and others, walk down the steps of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, on the White House complex, after a meeting with staff members of House and Senate leadership, Saturday, January 5, 2019, in Washington. Photo: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

No deal: Donald Trump and congress leaders meet to discuss US shutdown and border wall – but fail to find common ground

Democratic House Minority Leader and likely next speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (centre) delivers remarks between incoming House majority leader Steny Hoyer (left) and Senate Minority Leader Democrat Chuck Schumer (right) outside the White House following a meeting with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Photo: EPA

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, right, speaks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, while arriving to a news conference following a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Congressional leaders were unable to strike a deal to end a partial shutdown of the federal government at a meeting with President Trump today, and the president invited them to return to the White House on Friday for further negotiations. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

U.S. President Donald Trump, center, speaks in front of a poster that reads "Sanctions Are Coming" during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. Trump insisted the U.S. needs some kind of physical barrier along the frontier with Mexico, just a few hours before a meeting with congressional leaders aimed at breaking a stalemate over border wall funding that’s kept parts of the federal government shut down for 12 days. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

Migrants run as tear gas is thrown by U.S. Border Protection officers to the Mexican side of the border fence after they climbed the fence to get to San Diego, Calif., from Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

‘Let’s make a deal’: Donald Trump invites congress leaders to bipartisan border briefing as shutdown drags on

In this December 11 file photo, US House Speaker designate Nancy Pelosi (left) speaks with Vice-President Mike Pence and US President Donald Trump as they meet with her and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (right) in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Reuters

Visitors tour the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, as a partial government shutdown stretches into its third week. A high-stakes move to reopen the government will be the first big battle between Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump as Democrats come into control of the House. The new Democratic House majority gavels into session this week with legislation to end the government shutdown. Pelosi and Trump both think they have public sentiment on their side in the battle over Trump's promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Donald Trump storms out of negotiations with Democrats on border wall and government shutdown, calling it a ‘waste of time’

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The US president swiftly ended his meeting with Democratic leaders including Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, when they said they wouldn’t fund his wall

Trump hits wall as shutdown nears longest in US history