President Donald Trump on Sunday argued former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have a wall around their Washington D.C. home for security so the U.S. should have the same.
'President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security. The U.S. needs the same thing, slightly larger version!,' he tweeted.
The Obama home in the posh D.C. neighborhood of Kalorama had a wall built around it before they moved in as part of security upgrades put in by the Secret Service.
It's unclear how tall the wall is around the home and it's not all brick - it's a combination of brick pillars and steel pillars.
The 8,200-square-foot home is blocked off to the public by concrete barriers, manned 24-7 by United States Secret Service officers.
Trump would be familiar with the home as his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner near live the Obamas - although their home has no wall.
The Obamas originally rented the 9 bedroom home but last June paid $8.1 million for it.
The Obamas said would stay in Washington while their youngest daughter, Sasha, completes high school at Sidwell Friends School, where she is in her junior year.
Other high-profile residents live in the neighborhood: former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
Trump has been pushing for his border wall amid an argument with Democrats over funding for it.
Negotiations to reopen it are at a stand still.
Trump has refused to accept a bill that does not include at least $2.5 billion for the border wall - down from his original demand of $5 billion - but Democrats have said they will not go above $1.3 billion they have already offered.
The stand off will last through the New Year and possibly until Democrats take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3.
The House and Senate gaveled in and out of session in under five minutes on Thursday. No votes are scheduled for either chamber.
And Trump has not pushed for the Republican-controlled Congress to stay in session and negotiate with him during the holiday.
Congress will be back in session on Monday for a pro forma - in which no business is conducted - but will not formally gavel in until Wednesday.
Democrats are looking at several options to reopen the nine shuttered departments and dozens of agencies once they take power on Thursday, however they are showing no signs of backing down from the $1.3 billion on border security they offered.
Trump has told aides he won't sign legislation that only has $1.3 billion, according to CNN.
Asked on Sunday if Trump will sign or veto a bill that Democrats pass, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said that 'it depends what's in it,' but added that Trump is 'ready to negotiate.'
'He wants to make a deal on border security. Where are they now? Nancy Pelosi is in Hawaii,' Conway said on CNN's 'State of the Union.' 'And negotiation by definition has to include both sides. He's in the White House. He's in Washington ready to negotiate.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters at the White House Sunday that the president is open to a compromise with Democrats that includes $5 billion for border security in exchange for legislative changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
'(The) President didn't commit but I think he's very open minded,' Graham said.
He said Trump's first response to the plan was describing it as 'interesting.'
The president has tried to push blame on the Democrats since the crisis began more than a week ago. He has stayed in the White House over Christmas instead of traveling to Mar-a-Lago and repeatedly taken to Twitter to try and shift the narrative.
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Main photo article President Donald Trump on Sunday argued former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have a wall around their Washington D.C. home for security so the U.S. should have the same.
‘President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I...
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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