Trump says he's 'pretty much not happy' with any deal to reopen DHS as negotiations continue [View all]

Source: ABC News

As Senate Republicans on Tuesday scrambled to strike a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security amid the agency's partial shutdown, President Donald Trump said he would not be happy with any deal they hammered out, remaining noncommittal on if he would sign anything.

Senate Democrats aren't committing to supporting the GOP proposal, either.

"Well, I don't want to comment until I see the deal, but as you know, they're negotiating a deal. I guess they're getting fairly close. But I think any deal they make, I'm -- I'm pretty much not happy with it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. He was asked if he would support a deal garnering Republican support that would fund everything in DHS except Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

When asked if he would be "comfortable with a deal that involves separating ICE funding from the DHS funding package" to reopen the agency, Trump deflected and said a deal was being worked on.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/potential-dhs-funding-deal-taking-shape-roadblocks-ahead/story?id=131359793