Trump: There is Less Than a 50% Chance of a Deal to Fund the Wall
Last Updated: January 28, 2019 1:50 AM
WASHINGTON —
U.S. President Donald Trump says he sees less than a 50 percent chance congressional negotiators can put together deal to fund a southern border wall that he will accept.
Trump told The Wall Street Journal Sunday there are some "very good people" on the bipartisan negotiating team. But he said he doubts he will accept less than the $5.7 billion in wall funding he has been demanding, adding "I have to do it right."
The president also said he doubts he would accept citizenship for the so-called "Dreamers" as part of an agreement. He said the futures of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children is a "separate subject to be taken up at a separate time."