Boris sanchez joins me from the white house where President Trump will remain until the new year. Boris, the president just tweeted on the whole shutdown. What did he say . Reporter thats right, martin, we were waiting for it, anticipating the tweets that come when he is here at the white house alone. As you know, the president deciding to spend the holiday here not with his family, the first lady melania is in palm beach for new years eve. The president tweeted a few moments ago about the shutdown. He writes, quote, i am in the white house waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. From what i hear, theyre spending so much time on president ial harassment that they have little time left for things like stopping crime and our military. Two quick points there. The incoming acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney spoke with reporters at the white house, he was asked if there was a plan for democrats to visit the white house, he said they were not invited. H
Allies are forced to act as if this tantrum is an actual strategy. Shutting down the southern border would cost millions of dollars a day. Is the president going to do that . To the detriment of the economy . The white house is desperately trying to spin the situation as a great success, unnamed sources saying trump is gleeful and trying to make the case that a conversation around immigration and Border Security is in the president s best interest. After what we saw on november 6th, its unclear. And top minds in the gop see it as a winning strategy. So, congressman, how long should the president keep the government closed . You do it until hell freezes over. January, february write that down, hell freezes over. Or, you know, maybe thats all for show. I dont know, today nbc news reported last weekend mike pence told chuck smumer that even trump had been publicly demanding 5 billion for the wall, hed take half, 2. 5 billion, what do you say, chuck . Schumer rejected the offer. Doesnt sou
Desperately trying to spin the situation as a great success, unnamed sources saying trump is gleeful and trying to make the case that a conversation around immigration and Border Security is in the president s best interest. After what we saw on november 6th, its unclear. And top minds in the gop see it as a winning strategy. So, congressman, how long should the president keep the government closed . You do it until hell freezes over. January, february write that down, hell freezes over. Or, you know, maybe thats all for show. I dont know, today nbc news reported last weekend mike pence told chuck smumer that even trump had been publicly demanding 5 billion for the wall, hed take half, 2. 5 billion, what do you say, chuck . Schumer rejected the offer. Doesnt sound like trump is in a position of strength. Most americans oppose the wall and blame the shutdown on trump, not a surprise given he went on television and proclaimed to the world he would, in fact, take the blame for the shutdow
Meaningless threat akin to a child threatening to hold his breath if he doesnt get his way. Sure, mr. President , see how causing a massive disaster workings out for you. His staff is forced to act as if its a strategy. Is the president seriously willing to do that. Yes. Its to the de triment to the economy . The white house is trying to spin the situation as a success. Unnamed sources saying team trump is gleeful in trying to make a case that the conversation around Border Security is in the president s best political interest. Why that would be true is unclear. Some of the top minds in the gop still see it as a winning strategy. So, congressman, how long should the president keep the government closed . You do it until its over. January, february . Till hell freezes over. Till hell freezes over. Write that down, hell freezes over or, you know, maybe its all for show. Today msnbc reported mike pence told Chuck Schumer even though trump had been publicly demanding 5 billion for the wal
Is in the president s best interest. Why that would be true after what we saw on november 6th is unclear. And top minds in the gop see it as a winning strategy. So, congressman, how long should the president keep the government closed . You do it until hell freezes over. January, february until hell freezes over. Until hell freezes over. Write that down, hell freezes over. Or, you know, maybe thats all for show. I dont know, today nbc news reported last weekend mike pence told Chuck Schumer that even though trump had been publicly demanding 5 billion for the wall, hed take half of that. 2. 5 billion, what do you say, chuck . Schumer rejected the offer. Doesnt sound like trump is in a position of strength. Most americans oppose the wall and blame the shutdown on trump, not a surprise given he went on television and proclaimed to the world he would, in fact, take the blame for the shutdown. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. Im not going to blame you for it. The l