Waste of time

Speaking from the White House, the president detailed a plan that would extend for three years protections for young undocumented migrants brought to the US as children, known as Dreamers, as well as individuals from some Central American and African nations, in exchange for the $5.7bn of funding for a wall along the US-Mexico border.

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But before the president even took the podium, House speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement panning the proposal, partly because the offer was not for permanent action.

“Democrats were hopeful that the president was finally willing to reopen government and proceed with a much-need discussion to protect the border,” she said.

“Unfortunately, … his proposal is a compilation of several previously rejected initiatives, each of which is unacceptable and in total do not represent a good faith effort to restore certainty to people’s lives. It is unlikely that any one of these provisions alone would pass the House, and taken together, they are a non-starter.”

  The Guardian

Now he can go back to tweeting that the Dems don't want security and blaming them for his refusal to reopen the government.

Ahead of the speech, a Trump administration official confirmed to the Guardian that the president would not back down from his demand for $5.7bn in funding for the construction of a wall. But he would offer temporary protections for Dreamers and allowing those with “Temporary Protected Status” to remain in the country.

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As he left Washington for Dover airbase in Delaware earlier in the day, Trump did not discuss his plans, merely repeating familiar talking points about “caravans” of migrants which “Mexico seems unfortunately powerless to stop” and the supposed efficacy of border walls.

He repeated another White House talking point that would resurface in his address: that Pelosi is “being controlled by the radical left, which is a problem”.

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Democrats, backed by most public polling, have repeated that they will not give Trump wall funding and will not negotiate until the government reopens. Trump’s offer on Saturday was described by various media outlets citing White House sources as an attempt to restart talks.

No it wasn't.

According to multiple reports, Democrats do have an offer: hundreds of millions of dollars for new immigration judges and improvements to ports of entry but nothing for the wall, as House aide described it to the Associated Press. The aide said about $1bn of such spending would be added to bills to be voted on next week.

Democrats have passed bills to reopen government but Senate Republicans will not pass them because Trump will not sign them. Democrats have been seeking to increase pressure on moderates or those facing re-election in swing states.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.