President Donald Trump has acknowledged that weekend shutdown talks led by his vice president would not break an impasse, as newly empowered House Democrats planned to step up the pressure on Mr Trump and Republican politicians to reopen the government. President Donald Trump has acknowledged that weekend shutdown talks led by his vice president would not break an impasse, as newly empowered House Democrats planned to step up the pressure on Mr Trump and Republican politicians to reopen the government. Heading to Camp David for staff meetings, Mr Trump showed no signs of budging on his demand for 5.6 billion US dollars for a wall along the US-Mexico border. Mr Trump said earlier in the day that he was hoping for “some very serious talks come Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday”. MR Trump reaffirmed that he would consider declaring a national emergency to circumvent Congress and spend money as he saw fit.

Source: Irish Independent January 06, 2019 22:41 UTC