Trumpi säuts tuleb loetud tunnid enne seda, kui senati demokraatide liider Chuck Schumer ja esindajatekoja demokraatide liider Nancy Pelosi kohtuvad Trumpiga Valges Majas, et vältida võimalikku osalist valitsuse seisakut 21. detsembril.

Teisipäevases säutsuseerias ütles Trump, et migratsiooni- ja piirivalveametnikud ning tuhanded tegevväelased, kelle ta piirile saatis, on teinud "fantastilist" tööd. Siis lisas ta: "Suur Müür oleks samas palju lihtsam ja odavam lahendus."

Trump ütles, et ootab kohtumist Schumeri ja Pelosiga, kuid väitis, et nad ei taha piirikaitset "puhtalt poliitilistel põhjustel".

"Kui demokraadid ei anna meile hääli meie riigi kaitsmiseks, ehitab sõjavägi ülejäänud müüri. Nad teavad kui tähtis see on!" säutsus Trump.

Schumer ja Pelosi ütlesid esmaspäeval, et kuna vabariiklased kontrollivad nii kongressi kui Valget Maja, on neil võim valitsuse seisakut vältida.

"Meie riik ei saa endale lubada Trumpist tingitud seisakut," ütlesid nad ühisavalduses, lisades, et Trump "teab väga hästi, et tema müüriettepanekul ei ole piisavalt toetust, et esindajate koda ja senatit läbida ja, et see ei tohiks olla takistus parteiülesele leppele".

Despite the large Caravans that WERE forming and heading to our Country, people have not been able to get through our newly built Walls, makeshift Walls & Fences, or Border Patrol Officers & Military. They are now staying in Mexico or going back to their original countries.......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2018

.....Ice, Border Patrol and our Military have done a FANTASTIC job of securing our Southern Border. A Great Wall would be, however, a far easier & less expensive solution. We have already built large new sections & fully renovated others, making them like new. The Democrats,.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2018

....however, for strictly political reasons and because they have been pulled so far left, do NOT want Border Security. They want Open Borders for anyone to come in. This brings large scale crime and disease. Our Southern Border is now Secure and will remain that way.......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2018

.....I look forward to my meeting with Chuck Schumer & Nancy Pelosi. In 2006, Democrats voted for a Wall, and they were right to do so. Today, they no longer want Border Security. They will fight it at all cost, and Nancy must get votes for Speaker. But the Wall will get built...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2018

....People do not yet realize how much of the Wall, including really effective renovation, has already been built. If the Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country, the Military will build the remaining sections of the Wall. They know how important it is!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2018