Trump's Elusive Terms on Border Deal Cloud Path to End Shutdown
Donald Trump’s closest advisers have competing senses of what the president would be willing to accept as part of a deal with Democrats to reopen the government, underscoring the difficulty negotiators face in bridging the impasse over border security funding.
On Tuesday, people close to the president offered two different views of what he might concede in a possible negotiation. One said Trump wouldn’t accept any deal that didn’t deliver the full $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall that he seeks. Another said he’d be willing to reduce that amount if Democrats come up with concessions of their own.
The diverging views echo complaints from Democrats, who have said it’s impossible to negotiate with Trump because he and his representatives are at odds and make shifting offers that are subject to change at any time. And they’re not alone in that frustration. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stayed silent for the first weeks of the shutdown after Trump suddenly reversed course in December and rejected a spending bill the Republican-led Senate had passed.
The first signs of movement from the Senate to reopen the government came Tuesday, when McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, agreed to vote on rival proposals to end the standoff for the first time since the funding lapse began last month.
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Trump's all over the road like a drunk driver.