Updated 1/31/2019 2:18 PM PST
1/ Trump called any bipartisan committee plan to avoid a government shutdown a "waste of time" if it doesn't include a border wall. In a barrage of tweets, Trump reiterated his demands for a wall and called the debate between fencing and a wall "political games," and insisting that "A WALL is a WALL!" He repeated his threat to declare a national emergency and transfer billions of dollars in previously allocated funds to build the wall, saying that "if there's no wall, it doesn't work." (CBS News / Bloomberg / Politico) / Washignton Post)
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