President Trump began Thursday under siege, listening to howls of indignation from conservatives over his border wall and thrusting the government toward a shutdown. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders stops to talk to reporters outside the White House on Thursday. Why would I sign this?’ ” said American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp, whose wife, Mercedes Schlapp, is a senior White House staffer. And White House press secretary Sarah Sanders appeared with a Trump favorite, Fox Business host Lou Dobbs. Marc Short, Trump’s former White House legislative affairs director, said Trump “feels he made a promise to voters that he would build the wall.

Source: Washington Post December 21, 2018 01:41 UTC