Developing now, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019
SHUTDOWN TIT FOR TAT: The government workers who are not receiving paychecks are not the focus of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Neither are the government services that have been affected, nor the national parks and museums that have been closed amid the standoff. President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - and their political game of tit for tat - are now front and center.
Trump on Thursday abruptly denied military aircraft to Pelosi for a seven-day foreign trip just minutes before the congressional delegation was set to depart, a stunning decision that followed her call to delay Trump’s scheduled State of the Union address amid the government shutdown.
"In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate,” Trump wrote in his letter to Pelosi. "I also feel that, during this period, it would be better if you were in Washington negotiating with me and joining the Strong Border Security movement to end the Shutdown."
Trump also canceled the U.S. delegation's planned trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., ripped both leaders in a series of tweets, telling Trump that "one sophomoric response does not deserve another." This much is certain: Both sides remain as far apart as ever in the dispute over funding for Trump's long-promised border wall. Furloughed government workers are likely praying for some adults in government to stand up -- and sit down at the negotiating table.
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- Charles Hurt on 'Special Report': 'Principles' of Democrats not clear in wall battle
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