US Politics: Trump walks out of meeting with Congressional leaders.

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Donald Trump implored Republicans to “stick together” as they come under pressure from Democrats, federal workers and the American public to reopen the government.
During a closed-door lunch with Senate Republicans, the president remained resolute in his negotiating position and made clear that he was not prepared to back away from his demand for a border wall, according to several members who attended the meeting.
“He gave no indication of any willingness to budge an inch,” said John Kennedy, a Republican of Louisiana. “The president– and I happen to agree with him –believes that his only sin is that for the first time in 15 or 20 years he is actually enforcing America’s immigration laws.”
In a sign of how far off a resolution was, Kennedy outlined four possible outcomes – none of which included a compromise. In his view, either Trump blinks, Pelosi blinks, Trump declares a national emergency or the government remains partially closed.

Senator Lisa Murkowski, one of a handful of Senate Republicans who is uneasy with the prolonged shutdown, said she reminded the president that “when the government is shut down there are consequences and people are starting to feel those consequences”.
In response, she said, Trump urged the party to stay unified.
Murkowski has indicated support for the Democrats’ plan to pass a stopgap spending bill that funds border security at current levels while the debate continues and a separate package that would fully fund the rest of the government until the end of the fiscal year.
Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, wouldn’t guess how many more days – or possibly weeks – the shut down would last but he isn’t counting on a swift conclusion. “I think we’re going to be here for a little while,” he said.
Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is firmly behind the president, said Trump told members that declaring a national emergency “remained an option” but that he “wasn’t going to do it right away”.

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