Trump clashes with Pelosi, Schumer in Oval Office

A wild scene played out in the White House Tuesday after President Trump summoned the incoming speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and the Senate Minority leader, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to negotiate the federal budget, including funding for the border wall.

The meeting was attempted to avert a government shutdown. Reporters were summoned after the parties apparently made headway toward an agreement.

Things took a turn, however, when Pelosi began threatening there would be a “Trump shutdown” if they couldn’t come to terms. Trump eventually said he would be “proud” to shut down the government is he was doing so to protect the border.

"If we don't get what we want," Trump said. "I will shut down the government ... I am proud to shutdown the government for border security."

Pelosi and Schumer began pleading with Trump not to discuss their budget negotiations in front of reporters, but instead keep their talks "private." Pelosi said they came in “good faith” and never intended to discuss these negogiations “in public view.”

Speaking of the border wall, Schumer said: "It doesn't solve the problem."

Trump quickly shot back: "It totally solves the problem."

Schumer and Pelosi appeared unprepared to debate the issue in public, and Schumer asked Trump, “Let’s debate in private.”

Here’s a rush excerpt of the exchange:

PELOSI: "Let's call a halt to this. We have come in here with the first branch of government. Article one. The legislative branch. We are coming in good faith to negotiate with you about how we can keep the government open."

SCHUMER: "Open."

TRUMP: "We are going to keep it open if we have border security. If we don't have border security, Chuck, we are not going to keep it open."

PELOSI: "We will have border security."

SCHUMER: "You are bragging about what has been done. We want to do the same thing we did last year this year. That's our proposal if it's good then, it's good now and it won't shut down the government."

TRUMP: "We're can build more."

SCHUMER: "Let's debate in private.

TRUMP: "We need border security."

SCHUMER: "Yes, we do."

TRUMP: "See, we get along. Thank you, everybody."

REPORTER: “You say border security and the wall. Can you have border security without the wall?"

TRUMP: "You need the wall. The wall is a part of border security."

After the meeting, Pelosi and Schumer spoke to reporters outside the White House. Pelosi told reporters she wanted to keep their negotiations private because it would be rude to correct Trump in public. 
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“I hear the reporters or Fox reporters saying why did we not want transparency in this discussion,” she said. “We don't want to contradict the president when he was putting forth figures that had no reality to them, no basis in fact. We had to if we are going to proceed in all of this have evidence-based factual, truthful information about what works and what doesn't. I didn't want to in front of those people say you don't know what you are talking about."