Shutdown negotiations are somehow getting even worse

The shutdown showdown just got even messier.

President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) met in the Situation Room on Wednesday to negotiate a way to end the partial government shutdown, addressing Trump's request for $5 billion to build a border wall. Trump walked out of the room after Pelosi said she would not support a wall, said Schumer.

"He didn't get his way and he just walked out of the meeting," Schumer said, CBS reports. Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that Trump walked out of this "very short" sitdown after Pelosi wouldn't agree to any border wall funding if he re-opened the government. "When she said no, the president said goodbye," Pence said.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

This meeting was held on the 19th day of the partial government shutdown, which began when Trump would not sign a spending bill without his requested funding for a southern border wall.

Schumer called Trump's behavior "really unfortunate and in my judgment unbecoming of the presidency." But House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) objected to Schumer's characterization of events, claiming that Schumer raised his voice in the meeting and that Trump conducted himself "in a very respectful way." House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) also claimed that Trump did not, as Schumer said, slam his hands on the table.

Trump on Twitter wrote that the meeting with Pelosi and Schumer was a "total waste of time" and added, "I said bye-bye, nothing else works!"