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Trump Says He Wants to Meet Schumer ‘ASAP’ to Discuss Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border

July 22, 2019

Via: Fortune
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President Donald Trump is planning to meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over the ongoing situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tweeting late Sunday, Trump explained that it is “a GREAT thing” that Schumer has “finally gone to the Southern Border.” Schumer and other Democratic senators toured detention facilities at the border, including one in Texas on Friday.

While Schumer and the other senators publicly decried the appalling conditions of the facilities, Trump appeared focused on the threat of illegal immigration.

“Nearby, he missed a large group of Illegal Immigrants trying to enter the USA illegally,” Trump said. “They wildly rushed Border Patrol. Some Agents were badly injured.”

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