This Day in Trump, Day 95: Trump Pushes for Wall Funding in Budget Showdown; China Urges Caution Over North Korea

WASHINGTON -- With Congress back from recess, President Donald Trump is reupping his rhetoric on border wall funding ahead of a budget showdown.And overseas, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is urging the president to tone down his talk over North Korea’s nuclear problem, while Trump is calling for the United Nations Security Council to impose new sanctions on the country’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.The Senate confirmed a new member to Trump’s cabinet, but it’s his potty talk with a NASA astronaut getting the most attention on his 95th day in office.Highlight of the dayAs Congress returns to Washington with just five days to pass a short-term spending bill to keep the government open, Trump continued his insistence that lawmakers use the opportunity to fund a border wall.  Continue reading...

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