After Vowing to Fix Washington, Trump Is Mired in a Familiar Crisis
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After Vowing to Fix Washington, Trump Is Mired in a Familiar Crisis
Referring to Democrats’ insistence that a deal to protect the young immigrants be in hand before they agree to a funding measure, Marc Short, the White House legislative director, told reporters at the White House: “There is nothing in this bill Democrats say they object to, yet it’s like a 2-year-old temper tantrum to say, ‘I’m going to take my toys
and go home because I’m upset about something else.’”
“They could have easily made a deal but decided to play Shutdown politics instead.
“Negotiating with President Trump is like negotiating with Jell-O.”
The remark echoed one made by Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, at a hearing this past week,
in which he said there were “two Trumps,” one who was open to a bipartisan immigration deal and one who was not.
WASHINGTON — One year to the day after taking office with vows to bring the dysfunction of Washington to heel, President Trump on Saturday found himself thrust into
the most perennial of political crises, bitterly casting blame on Democrats for a government shutdown he said they had orchestrated to mar the anniversary.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said on Saturday
that the president refused to negotiate on immigration issues until there was a deal to reopen the government.
Referring to Democrats’ insistence that a deal to protect the young immigrants be in hand before they agree to a funding measure, Marc Short, the White House legislative director, told reporters at the White House: “There is nothing in this bill Democrats say they object to, yet it’s like a 2-year-old temper tantrum to say, ‘I’m going to take my toys
and go home because I’m upset about something else.’”
“They could have easily made a deal but decided to play Shutdown politics instead.
“Negotiating with President Trump is like negotiating with Jell-O.”
The remark echoed one made by Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, at a hearing this past week,
in which he said there were “two Trumps,” one who was open to a bipartisan immigration deal and one who was not.
WASHINGTON — One year to the day after taking office with vows to bring the dysfunction of Washington to heel, President Trump on Saturday found himself thrust into
the most perennial of political crises, bitterly casting blame on Democrats for a government shutdown he said they had orchestrated to mar the anniversary.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said on Saturday
that the president refused to negotiate on immigration issues until there was a deal to reopen the government.