President Trump Calls Leaders To Meet In The Situation Room

It’s going down today. President Trump has called leaders on both sides of the aisle to meet in the Situation Room to discuss the government shutdown and our current border security crisis.

President Trump wants an agreement that reopens the government AND keeps Americans safe. He has invited Republican and Democrat leaders to the White House for a border security briefing today from senior @DHSgov officials.

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 2, 2019

HAPPENING NOW: @SecNielsen is briefing the @Cabinet at the White House on the crisis at our border.

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 2, 2019

NBC News: POTUS meeting on border wall with bipartisan congressional leaders set for 3pm today in the WH Situation Room

— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) January 2, 2019

White House issues guidance indicating the meeting will be in the Situation Room and closed press- meaning we will not see on TV if this plan holds.

— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) January 2, 2019

President Donald Trump is convening a border security briefing Wednesday for Democratic and Republican congressional leaders as a partial government shutdown over his demand for border wall funding entered its 12th day.

Ahead of the afternoon session, Trump meets with Cabinet secretaries in his first public appearance of the new year. Vice President Mike Pence was expected to join as the shutdown drags into its second week, shuttering parks and leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay.

He’s looking for a solid deal. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to watch it. It’s all business.

The session will be held in the high-security Situation Room at the White House, which is typically used to handle sensitive information. The location means that the conversation will not be televised, unlike Trump’s volatile sit-down with Democratic leaders last month.

The exact agenda, however, was not immediately clear, according to a person with knowledge of the briefing who was not authorized to speak publicly about the issue and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

We’ll see if anything productive comes of it.

h/t The AP