File photo of US President Donald Trump AFPAlthough the two sides agreed that the meeting ended abruptly, they argued over who was to blamePresident Donald Trump said "bye-bye" and stormed out of negotiations Wednesday on funding a US-Mexico border wall when Democratic opponents refused to agree to the project. "A total waste of time," Trump tweeted about his White House meeting with top Democratic congressional leaders. Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, told journalists Trump "sort of slammed the table," then "got up and walked out." Democrats insist they will not lift their opposition to the wall project and believe Americans will tire of the shutdown chaos and blame Trump. But with Democrats winning control of the House in November midterm elections, Trump's wall push has come up against a wall of its own.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 09, 2019 22:52 UTC