Trump’s Prime-Time Bid to End Border Wall Impasse Falls Flat

• Published in: Bloomberg Wire Service
• Main Author: Pettypiece, Shannon
• Format: Newsletter
• Language: English
• Published: New York Bloomberg LP 09.01.2019
• Subjects: Bond ratings; Border patrol; Border security; Border walls; Credit ratings; Government shutdowns; Obama, Barack; Pelosi, Nancy; Pence, Mike; Political campaigns; Politics; Presidents; Schumer, Charles E; Tax refunds; Trump, Donald J; Mexico

In a brief response to the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer also offered no new solution to the impasse -- though it was Trump, not his opponents, who asked for television time on Tuesday. The president’s address was the latest in a series of public ap...