Senate Republicans charged with solving the impasse over President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall indicated Tuesday they were prepared to agree to less money for the wall than Trump wants. In the case of Republicans, that was the $5.7 billion Trump has been demanding for his wall — while Democrats’ starting point in the negotiations was to offer no money for physical barriers on the border. “He’s very much in the market for a deal,” Graham said in an interview with The Washington Post. Trump alluded to such a move in a Tuesday tweet about a possible “human wall” on the border. “He asked me, ‘What are the chances [of a deal]?” Graham recalled of the conversation.

Source: Washington Post February 05, 2019 21:43 UTC