With many federal workers frozen out of the jobs and vacationers blocked from public attractions their tax dollars pay for, talks between White House officials and congressional aides kicked off Saturday aimed at ending a government shutdown that President Donald Trump has said could last years.
In what has become a winter of discontent, negotiations are at an impasse over Trump's demands for $5.6billion to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump, who was not expected to participate in the discussions hosted by Vice President Mike Pence in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, spent the morning tweeting about border security.
Showing little empathy for the hundreds of thousands furloughed or working without pay, Trump declared - without citing evidence - that most are Democrats. He also asserted: 'I want to stop the Shutdown as soon as we are in agreement on Strong Border Security! I am in the White House ready to go, where are the Dems?'
White House staffers met with congressional staffers about the partial government shut down Saturday. (L to R: White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, VP Mike Pence and presidential advisor Jared Kushner)
It's unclear whether the White House team has the authority to negotiate on Trump's behalf (L to R: Mulvaney, Pence and Kushner)
One Democrat, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, said in his party's weekly radio address that the shutdown 'is part of a larger pattern of a president who puts his personal whims and his effort to score political points before the needs of the American people. ... He is pointing fingers at everyone but himself.'
Democratic and Republican staffers from Capitol Hill were expected at discussions with Trump's representatives - Pence, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and presidential adviser Jared Kushner. Still, it is always an open question whether a Trump team is fully empowered to negotiate for the president.
Pence tweeted that the aim 'will be to find a solution- not simply to end the gov't shutdown- to provide funding to end the crisis at our southern border, achieve real border security & to build the wall!'
The partial shutdown entered a 15th day Saturday. Trump and Democrats met for roughly two hours Friday, but gave differing accounts of the session. Democrats reported little progress; Trump framed the weekend talks as a key step forward.
As the shutdown drags on, some Republicans are growing increasingly nervous. Some GOP senators up for re-election in 2020, including Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine, have voiced discomfort with the shutdown in recent days.
Trump (pictured Friday) spent the morning at the White House, tweeting about border security. He has said that the shutdown could drag on for 'months or even years'
Kushner, Nielsen and Pence pictured leaving the White House complex Saturday
Democrat and Republican congressional staffers were expected to meet with Kushner, Nielsen and Pence on Saturday morning
Democrats have called on Trump to reopen the government while negotiations on border security continue, emphasizing families unable to pay bills due to absent paychecks. But Trump has repeatedly said he will not budge without money for the wall.
Trump had asserted on Friday that he could declare a national emergency to build the wall without congressional approval, but would first try a 'negotiated process.' Trump previously described the situation at the border as a 'national emergency' before he sent active-duty troops; critics described that as a pre-election stunt.
Trump said the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay would want him to 'keep going' and fight for border security. Asked how people would manage without a financial safety net, he said: 'The safety net is going to be having a strong border because we're going to be safe.'
Democrats expressed skepticism Friday that there would be a breakthrough.
'It's very hard to see how progress will be made unless they open up the government,' said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Trump confirmed to reporters that he privately told Democrats, in the Friday meeting with congressional leaders, that shutdown could drag on for 'months or even years.'
A variety of strategies are being floated inside and outside the White House. Among them is the idea of trading wall money for a deal on immigrants brought to the country as young people and now here illegally, or using a national emergency declaration to build the wall. But Trump made clear during his news conference that talk on DACA (the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program) would have to wait.
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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