Schumer: Trump’s Mexico deal ‘warmed-up leftovers’

By Susan Ferrechio

Published June 10, 2019 10:15pm ET

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday refused to credit President Trump for reaching a deal to get Mexico to stop illegal immigration.

Schumer called the accord “nothing more than warmed-up leftovers,” and said Trump had simply backed down on a threat to impose new tariffs on Mexican imports because that is how he normally operates.

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