Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted President Trump today over his renewed threat to shut down part of the government over funding of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. He called Trump’s Oval Office outburst a “temper tantrum.”
Shawn Steel, California National Committeeman for the Republican National Committee, says a deal between Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi over the border wall is unlikely.
“We know that Trump, in his heart of hearts, wants a big fat wall … But I don’t see how Schumer can convince his own caucus to do that. He needs 60 votes in the Senate. Pelosi doesn’t have a majority until January.”
Despite the odds, Steel says Trump likes the challenge of making deals with the unlikeliest people.
“He’ll meet with the worst person in the world; the dictator of Korea, he’ll meet with the premier of Chinese Communist Party, Xi; he’ll meet with Nancy Pelosi … this is his game. He loves to play poker.”
In the meantime, thousands of people continue to wait at the border for a chance to enter the country legally, or they are making their way into the U.S. illegally.
Shawn Steel was a guest on McIntyre in the Morning.
By Sandy Wells
KABC News
