A few hours ahead of a scheduled meeting with Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leaders in Congress, President Trump pushed a false narrative on Tuesday about the progress of a new wall along the country’s Southwest border. The wall — and funding for it — is the biggest sticking point between the two parties with a partial government shutdown days away unless Congress passes a spending package by Friday of next week. Mr. Trump has insisted that $5 billion for a border wall must be included in the spending package under consideration. Here is some additional context about Mr. Trump’s Twitter posts on Tuesday morning. What Mr. Trump said

Source: New York Times December 11, 2018 15:33 UTC