Trump Storms Out of Lawmaker Meeting as Shutdown Talks Collapse
- President Donald Trump stormed out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday as talks to end a nearly three-week government shutdown collapsed over his continued insistence on border wall funding. Trump said in a tweet the meeting was a “waste of time,” blaming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for being unwilling to negotiate. “The president stomped out of the meeting,” Pelosi said. “It was a petulant president of the United States.” She called Trump’s approach to the talks “pathetic ...
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