President Donald Trump denied any White House “chaos” over the longest government shutdown ever in a Saturday morning tweet.
Trump, referring to a reporter from the “Amazon Washington Post,” hit back at the notion that he has no plan for the ongoing shutdown.
I just watched a Fake reporter from the Amazon Washington Post say the White House is “chaotic, there does not seem to be a strategy for this Shutdown. There is no plan.” The Fakes always like talking Chaos, there is NONE. In fact, there’s almost nobody in the W.H. but me, and…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
….I do have a plan on the Shutdown. But to understand that plan you would have to understand the fact that I won the election, and I promised safety and security for the American people. Part of that promise was a Wall at the Southern Border. Elections have consequences!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
Trump reiterated that he’s “waiting”for the Democrats to get back to Washington D.C.
We have a massive Humanitarian Crisis at our Southern Border. We will be out for a long time unless the Democrats come back from their “vacations” and get back to work. I am in the White House ready to sign!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2019
Trump said Friday afternoon that he does not intend to declare a national emergency “so fast,” despite how only hours earlier he said that he “can’t imagine any reason” why he shouldn’t declare national emergency to get his wall funding.