Crisis on Southern Border Worse Than Expected, US Faces 'Invasion' - Trump
20:09 11.01.2019(updated 20:27 11.01.2019)
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump offered his assessment of what he calls a crisis after visiting the US-Mexican border, saying he found the situation worse than ordinary people can understand, according to a presidential Twitter post on Friday.
"I just got back and it is a far worse situation than almost anyone would understand, an invasion!" Trump tweeted. "The Democrats, Cryin' Chuck [Schumer] and Nancy [Pelosi] don't know how bad and dangerous it is for our ENTIRE COUNTRY."
In his next Tweet, the US president accused the previous administration of failing to build the wall.
The dig against House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer came on day 21 of a partial shutdown of the US federal government in a dispute over whether to build a wall on the US border with Mexico.
Trump is demanding at least $5 billion to construct the wall, while Schumer and Pelosi have refused to provide any funds, resulting in a breakdown of negotiations to reopen the government.
© Sputnik
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