Washington Post: “Administration officials have acknowledged that they were not prepared for the potential consequences of an extended shutdown and Trump’s decision to demand wall funding. Democrats, meanwhile, are standing firm on offering no taxpayer money for the project, which Trump had long asserted would be funded by Mexico.”
“Pence was deputized by Trump to oversee Saturday’s talks, but he did not have the president’s blessing to float new or specific numbers… That meant few specifics were actually discussed.”
“Trump spent much of Saturday on the phone with allies, talking through his positioning on the shutdown… Two people regularly on his call list — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — have encouraged Trump to hold fast and refuse to agree to reopen the government unless wall funding is secured.”
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