but in terms of is the wall a good idea or not, no, he has to work it at some other angle, which may be a win for him, but it s not going to change minds on the wall. again, logic tells you they just got spanked in the election. democrats are taking over the house. nancy pelosi in her first days and weeks and months as speaker is not in the mood to give president trump his border wall. he asked for more than he ever asked the republicans. he wants $5.7 billion for a steel barrier, $800 million for humanitarian needs. $798 million for additional detention beds which the people don t want. $571 million for additional law enforcement at the border. it s a great example of how detached this presidency is from a sort of conventional and recent history of american presidents. to your point, john, the white house does at least come to the table to compromise after they
change for this president. you tell me why it is. so this president has been trying to deal with this issue for the past two years. and last year in the spring he brought democrats and republicans to the white house and the democrats wanted no part of it. not true, they offered him a deal with the money for the wall. this is the thing. first of all, the president is not just saying he wants $5.7 billion for the wall. i can go through, there is a list that the white house has released that they want to deal with this. they want $563 million for immigration judges, they want another $571 million for 2,000 more i.c.e. agents, $211 million for 750 more border patrol agents. then they need then why does the president only talk about the wall all the time? you know what, it s just become symbolic. what does that mean? symbolic? this woman is worried about whether or not she can feed her kids because of his symbolism. first of all, i with all due respect, i don t think it s
so this president has been trying to deal with this issue for the past two years. and last year in the spring he brought democrats and republicans to the white house and the democrats wanted no part of it. not true, they offered him a deal with the money for the wall. this is the thing. first of all, the president is not just saying he wants $5.7 billion for the wall. i can go through, there is a list that the white house has released that they want to deal with this. they want $563 million for immigration judges, they want another $571 million for 2,000 more i.c.e. agents, $211 million for 750 more border patrol agents. then they need then why does the president only talk about the wall all the time? you know what, it s just become symbolic. what does that mean? symbolic? this woman is worried about whether or not she can feed her kids because of his symbolism. first of all, i with all due respect, i don t think it s fair for cnn or any network to pit americans again
negotiators to produce nothing. that meeting met that lack of expectations. right now we are where we were a week ago, with one notable exception. the white house finally putting an offer on paper, $5.7 billion for what the white house calls a steel barrier. 800 million to address humanitarian needs. 798 million for additional detention beds and 571 million for additional law enforcement on the board. they say the president s math wildly unrealistic. but look close enough for some division in the democratic line. chuck schumer telling an audience in new york this morning the president cannot, will not get his way. if when every time president trump throws a tantrum and demands he get his way unless the government will be shut down, it will create disaster. it will encourage his worst instincts which are bad enough now. maybe he thinks he can bully us. but i m from brooklyn.
concrete barrier, at the border wall, including a whole list of other things. we ll pull it out screen. $571 million for additional i.c.e. workers, $563 million for additional immigration judges, 211 for additional border patrol a littles. democrats have made it clear that they want the government to be reopened before they even address any sort of border security issue. nancy pelosi will make her move on that again to pass bills not related to the border wall funding, reaping pa iopening re related to the border. but the republicans saying the government will not be reopened before any deal. and so very little if any progress sort of the actual paper statement, opening point if you will, come from the white house on what they want.