Chuck Schumer: Trump ‘needs intervention’

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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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