President Donald Trump, just hours before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to lapse, said he will soon be personally involved in ongoing funding negotiations on Capitol Hill.
The Senate failed to advance a stand-alone DHS funding package on Thursday afternoon, all but ensuring a partial government shutdown will start Saturday.
DHS has been operating under a stopgap measure after funding was previously stripped from a full government appropriations package. That was part of Democratic lawmakers’ demands to reform immigration operations in the wake of the Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Trump spoke to reporters before departing the White House on Friday afternoon for an event with special forces operators at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
“Well, I will,” he responded when asked if he’d been personally involved in the negotiations between the White House and leaders on Capitol Hill.
