Who do you believe? A pathological liar???

Trump disputes Schumer's account of Wednesday meeting: 'No slamming!'

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO

President Donald Trump on Thursday disputed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's account of their contentious meeting a day earlier, insisting that he had not slammed his fists on the table after hearing Democrats would not support funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Referring to Schumer (D-N.Y.) as “Cryin Chuck,” Trump hit back at Schumer’s claim Wednesday that Trump threw a “temper tantrum” in the meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Congressional leaders, eventually slamming his hands on the table and walking out of the room.

"Cryin Chuck told his favorite lie when he used his standard sound bite that I 'slammed the table & walked out of the room. He had a temper tantrum,'" Trump wrote on Twitter. "Because I knew he would say that, and after Nancy said no to proper Border Security, I politely said bye-bye and left, no slamming!"

The negotiations, which both sides agreed on Wednesday had gone nowhere, came two days before 800,000 federal workers are expected to miss paychecks due to a partial government shutdown now in its 19th day.

Wednesday’s negotiations at the White House began with Trump reportedly handing out candy to lawmakers, but went downhill not long after. Trump tweeted following the meeting that it had been a “waste of time,” and that he left after asking Pelosi whether she would be open to providing funding for a border wall if he agreed to reopen the government.

Trump on Thursday repeated his insistence that Republicans were unified in their support for the border wall, a claim countered by the votes of eight House Republicans who joined Democrats on Wednesday in voting for legislation to reopen portions of the government. On the other side of Capitol Hill, several Senate Republicans in recent days have begun to voice reluctance about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to stay out of shutdown negotiations and not take up the individual spending bills being passed by the House.

“There is GREAT unity with the Republicans in the House and Senate,” Trump claimed Thursday. He accused the media of “working in overdrive to make the story look otherwise,” though the White House launched a last minute blitz aimed at mitigating GOP defections, a strategy which seems to have, for the most part, been successful.