Trump just explained in a presser at the White House that he ended a meeting on infrastructure with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer after Pelosi accused him over a cover-up before the meeting:
.@realDonaldTrump says he can’t negotiate infrastructure with @SenSchumer and @SpeakerPelosi “under the circumstances” of Congressional investigations into his conduct.
“Get these phony investigations over with!” pic.twitter.com/2mcSWXMcS1
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 22, 2019
Trump explains that he really wanted to do infrastructure, but after hearing Pelosi’s new accusation against him he walked into the meeting and refused to negotiate with them.
Rather he told them to end all of the phony investigations and THEN they can proceed to work together on an infrastructure bill.
Below is Trump’s full remarks: