
Entry 008Dec 11, 2018
“I am proud to shut down the Government for border security, Chuck. … I'm not going to blame you for it.”8
8President Donald Trump, President of the United States, Oval Office meeting with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, on camera, December 11, 2018. Source
Why it’s on the record. The shutdown began on Dec. 22 and became the longest to that point. In his Jan. 8, 2019 Oval Office address, Trump said: 'The federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only: because Democrats will not fund border security.'
On the record
In front of reporters, Trump argued with the Democratic leaders over wall funding. He claimed the coming shutdown as his own.
- Said by
- President Donald Trump, President of the United States
- Where
- Oval Office meeting with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, on camera
- When
- Dec 11, 2018
- Source
- Oval Office meeting with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, on camera, December 11, 2018