Donald Trump: Happy New Year to everyone, including 'haters'
Donald Trump: Happy New Year to everyone, including 'haters'
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump rang in the new year Tuesday not with a comment on the ongoing government shutdown, but with a mocking season's greetings to his critics.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE HATERS AND THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA!" Trump tweeted in all caps.
He added: "2019 WILL BE A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR THOSE NOT SUFFERING FROM TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. JUST CALM DOWN AND ENJOY THE RIDE, GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING FOR OUR COUNTRY!"
Trump, who also tweeted out an endorsement of a new book by former aide Sebastian Gorka, did not comment on the partial government shutdown now in its 11th day (and new year).
Nor did he comment on a new plan offered by House Democrats to end the budget standoff.
As Democrats prepare to take charge of the House of Representatives when it convenes on Thursday, they proposed a plan to re-open the government while giving the parties more time to negotiate the sticking point that led to the shutdown: Trump's proposed border wall.
The proposal includes full-year funding for shuttered departments except for the Department of Homeland Security, which handles immigration and border issues. The Democrats instead called for temporary funding of DHS through Feb. 8 as Trump and Congress negotiate a long-term plan, though many party members opposed any federal funding for the wall.
"The President is using the #TrumpShutdown to try to force an expensive & ineffective wall upon the American people, but Democrats have offered two bills which separate the arguments over the wall from the government shutdown," tweeted House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.
While White House officials said they would not comment on any plan until Congress sends them one, Trump indicated in a tweet he would oppose the new Democratic plan because it lacks wall funding.
"The Democrats will probably submit a Bill, being cute as always, which gives everything away but gives NOTHING to Border Security, namely the Wall," Trump tweeted. "You see, without the Wall there can be no Border Security."
Congressional Republicans did not embrace the new Democratic plan.
Don Stewart, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said that the Republican-run Senate "is not going to send something to the president that he won’t sign."
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