Donald Trump said ‘bye bye’ then walked out of Mexico wall meeting in ‘temper tantrum’

By GNNLiberia 168

Ellen Manning | Yahoo News UK |

‘Waste of time’ – Donald Trump reportedly walked out of the meeting with congressional leaders (Picture: Getty)

Donald Trump has walked out of a meeting of talks to end the partial government shutdown when congressional leaders refused to fund his wall with Mexico.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Mr Trump “just walked out” of a meeting with him and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a “temper tantrum”.

Mr Schumer said Mr Trump asked Ms Pelosi at Wednesday’s White House meeting whether she would agree to fund his wall on the southern border with Mexico.

When she said “no”, Mr Schumer said, the President got up and said: “Then we have nothing to discuss”, adding: “And he just walked out”.

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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