The United States President Donald Trump has invited leaders from both the parties and chamber of White House and congress, to have a brief discussion on US-Mexico border wall security and crack a negotiable deal, a sign by Trump looking forward to put an end to a partial government shutdown that has now entered into new year with nearly two weeks.
According to news reports, details of the meetings has not yet been cleared out, but expected to be organized on Wednesday. After lashing out on democrats via twitter, later in a tweet, Trump wrote: “Let’s make a deal?”
Earlier Trump has said until he receives $5 billion funding from democrats for the border wall along with Mexico, he will continue to have a partial government shutdown. However, earlier on Tuesday, Trump said he is “ready, willing and able” to have a negotiation over the border wall to end the partial government shutdown. Though, in a series of tweets, Trump lashed out on democrats.
However, democrats have on Thursday, introduced two separate legal legislation to fund the government, excluding the border wall money. The first package includes a bill to fund the department of homeland security at the current level until February 8 and provide about $1.3 billion for the border fencing and about $300 million for left border security, including cameras and technology. The second package includes funding federal agencies who are left unfunded like the justice, commerce and transportation department until September 30, 2019.
In a tweet, Trump on Tuesday, wrote: “Border security and the Wall ‘thing’ and Shutdown is not where Nancy Pelosi wanted to start her tenure as Speaker! Let’s make a deal?”
Border Security and the Wall “thing” and Shutdown is not where Nancy Pelosi wanted to start her tenure as Speaker! Let’s make a deal?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2019
However, even if democrats pass the funding legislation through the House of Representatives on Thursday, it still needs to get passed through the republican-controlled senate and to reach at Trump’s desk to get signed into the law.