“You can’t turn an aircraft carrier on a dime,” said one White House official who, like some others interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity to be candid. “The White House needs to press that button and more often dangle that out there,” McLaughlin said. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney arrives before Trump delivers remarks on the government shutdown Saturday. Trump has been preoccupied by the political messaging and stagecraft of the shutdown showdown, according to White House aides. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) speak to reporters outside the White House following their meeting with Trump on Jan. 9.

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2019 23:26 UTC