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US president says plans have ‘never changed or evolved’, contradicting chief of staff’s comments US president says plans have ‘never changed or evolved’, despite remarks by chief of staff
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Donald Trump has pushed back against his own chief of staff over proposals for a wall along the southern US border with Mexico, tweeting that his opinion on a wall “has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it”. Donald Trump has contradicted his chief of staff over proposals for a wall along the southern US border with Mexico, tweeting that his opinion on a wall “has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it”.
On Wednesday evening, the White House chief of staff John Kelly said the US president’s views on immigration and a border wall had “very definitely changed” after Trump had been briefed on the subjects. On Wednesday evening, the White House chief of staff, John Kelly, said the US president’s views on immigration and a border wall had “very definitely changed” after Trump had been briefed on the subjects.
However, in the early hours of Thursday morning, Trump tweeted: “The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it.”However, in the early hours of Thursday morning, Trump tweeted: “The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it.”
Kelly’s comments came amid a shaky effort to craft an accord protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation – a push the White House and Republicans say they would back if it is coupled with tough border security measures and other restrictions. Kelly’s comments came amid a shaky effort to craft an accord protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation – a push the White House and Republicans say they would support if it is coupled with tough border security measures and other restrictions.
Kelly first spoke of the president’s evolving views at a closed-door meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, participants said, and he made similar remarks later on Fox News.Kelly first spoke of the president’s evolving views at a closed-door meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, participants said, and he made similar remarks later on Fox News.
Kelly told Fox News he had told the caucus that “they [presidential candidates] all say things during the course of campaigns that may or may not be fully informed”. Kelly said on Fox News he had told the caucus that “they [presidential candidates] all say things during the course of campaigns that may or may not be fully informed”.
Trump has “very definitely changed his attitude” toward protecting the young immigrants, “and even the wall, once we briefed him”, Kelly added. Trump had “very definitely changed his attitude” toward protecting the young immigrants, “and even the wall, once we briefed him”, Kelly added. “So he has evolved in the way he’s looked at things. Campaign to governing are two different things and this president has been very, very flexible in terms of what is within the realms of the possible.”
“So he has evolved in the way he’s looked at things,” Kelly said. “Campaign to governing are two different things and this president has been very, very flexible in terms of what is within the realms of the possible.” Politicians are struggling to reach a bipartisan deal protecting Dreamers – about 800,000 people who arrived in the US illegally as children and could be deported without legal protections. Part of the negotiators’ problem has been uncertainty over what Trump would accept.
Politicians are struggling to reach a bipartisan deal protecting Dreamers – around 800,000 people who arrived in the US illegally as children and could be deported without legal protections. Part of the negotiators’ problem has been uncertainty over what Trump would accept. Some politicians who met Kelly on Wednesday recalled his remarks differently. “He specifically said that there’s some areas of the border that didn’t need the wall, and that the president didn’t know that when he was making his campaign promises,” Arizona Democrat, Ruben Gallego, told the Associated Press.
Some politicians who met Kelly on Wednesday recalled his remarks differently. “He specifically said that there’s some areas of the border that didn’t need the wall, and that the president didn’t know that when he was making his campaign promises,” Arizona Democrat, Ruben Gallego, told AP. The Illinois Democrat, Luis Gutiérrez, said Kelly had told them “there were statements made about the wall that were not informed statements. In other words, ‘I’ve informed the president of what it takes to build a wall, so here’s how we’re going to do it.’ That’s what I understood, and all of that was helpful”.
Illinois Democrat, Luis Gutierrez, said Kelly told them that “there were statements made about the wall that were not informed statements. In other words, ‘I’ve informed the president of what it takes to build a wall, so here’s how we’re going to do it’. That’s what I understood, and all of that was helpful”. On Thursday, Trump tweeted that some of the wall would be “see through and it was never intended to be built in areas where there is natural protection such as mountains, wastelands or tough rivers or water … ”
On Thursday, Trump tweeted that some of the wall will be “see through and it was never intended to be built in areas where there is natural protection such as mountains, wastelands or tough rivers or water ... ” Many Democrats have said that without an immigration deal in sight, they will vote against a Republican bill preventing a government shutdown this weekend. Congressional passage must come by Friday to prevent an election-year shuttering of federal agencies that could be damaging to both parties.
Many Democrats have said that without an immigration deal in sight, they’ll vote against a Republican bill preventing a government shutdown this weekend. Congressional passage must come by Friday to prevent an election-year shuttering of federal agencies that could be damaging to both parties.
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