Chuck Schumer: Trump ‘needs intervention’

Published January 4, 2019 4:13pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer argued Friday that President Trump will never negotiate an end to the partial government shutdown on his own, and said he needs help because he’s a “terrible negotiator.”

“Left to his own devices, President Trump can keep the government shut down for a long time,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “The president needs intervention, and leader McConnell and Senate Republicans are just the right ones to intervene.”

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