White House: Trump would accept less money for border wall

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — A top White House official signaled Sunday that President Donald Trump is willing to accept less money than he's been demanding to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, but a senior congressional Democrat said that, while their own offer could be sweetened, they still will not agree to a wall.

The back and forth across the television airwaves did little to inspire hope that a Christmas season closure of some federal government operations would end later this week, when the House and Senate are scheduled to meet again.

In fact, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney warned that the shutdown could stretch into January, when a new Congress is seated.

Mulvaney, who also runs the White House budget office, said he's awaiting a response from Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York after the administration on Saturday presented Schumer with a counteroffer in the long-running dispute over funding the wall.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-trump-would-accept-less-money-for-border-wall/ar-BBRk4C0?li=BBnb7Kz

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. fuck you, you get NOTHING

[sprinkleeninow]

2. A counter offer. 🤔 🤣

Plus, blow it out yer coolie. 😂

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. not a penny for the don. Nada. Nothing.

[Bleacher Creature]

4. Fine. Give him twenty bucks and send him on his way.

[EffieBlack]

5. Pelosi: You can have my answer now, if you like. My answer is this. Nothing

Not even the fee for the gaming license, which I'd appreciate if you'd put up yourself.

[ProudLib72]

14. You made me read the entire article looking for mention of a casino

And do you know why? Because I would not put it past him. I would not put it past him to build "La Pared", invite the Russian oligarchs to gamble there, and staff the place with underage immigrants. Of course, those immigrants would work for free because he would dangle the possibility of citizenship in their faces if they just kept quiet.

[EffieBlack]

17. LOL - I'm sorry

The Godfather II quote was just too perfect - and the casino reference was the cherry on the top.

Forgive me for assuming that everyone is as big a Godfather geek as I am.

[OhioBlue]

6. Congress should appropriate enough money for an environmental impact and feasibility study

with Congressional approval as to who does the studies.

[NCjack]

7. Chuck has a problem if he agrees to deliver more than $0 for the MAGA Wall.

I don't think he can deliver more than 1 senator's vote -- his own.

[LuvLoogie]

8. Zero money is less money.

[PSPS]

9. Easy. Sign the original budget bill you already agreed to before hannity changed your mind for you

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Mulvaney tipped his hand......

"the shutdown could stretch into January, when a new Congress is seated. "

Sure seems obvious that Trump was determined to do a shutdown. first he makes a 5 billion demand, knowing it won;t be met, then closes the Gov. as much as anyone is able to.
All most voters will hear is "Gov't shutdown" and assume that applies to Congress, when in fact their checks are guaranteed into next Sept.
But a lot of other Congressional dependent jobs will be affected.

[LiberalFighter]

11. How about zero out the money in the 2018 budget for the wall

and give him the cost of a first class letter to respond?

[Dave Starsky]

12. Tell Mexico. They'll be happy to hear it.

Since they're paying for it.

[Cha]

13. traitortrump shouldn't have given all

that tax cut money away to his donors.. and others who didn't want it.

[Maeve]

15. And the answer is

[shanny]

16. poor donnie. he wants to go out and play.

[Hugin]

18. Based on Deplorable Diane's tweet where 4 million is half of a billion. Maybe, we are playing this..

Wrong.

Someone just write the Anemic Dingleberry a check for $500 tell him he's won and it's the wall money.

Then be done with the whole matter.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

19. Tell him to stick it... it's zero or nothing!! hahaha!!