Trump: Talk about wall a distraction from ‘great job’ Border Patrol, ICE and military is doing

President Trump said Thursday that the focus on his proposed border wall has distracted from “the great job being done” on the border by “Border Patrol, ICE and our great Military.”

{mosads}”With so much talk about the Wall, people are losing sight of the great job being done on our Southern Border by Border Patrol, ICE and our great Military. Remember the Caravans? Well, they didn’t get through and none are forming or on their way. Border is tight. Fake News silent!” Trump wrote in a tweet.

With so much talk about the Wall, people are losing sight of the great job being done on our Southern Border by Border Patrol, ICE and our great Military. Remember the Caravans? Well, they didn’t get through and none are forming or on their way. Border is tight. Fake News silent!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2018

Trump threatened earlier this month to shut down the government if $5 billion for the wall along the border with Mexico, a signature campaign promise, wasn’t included in a series of funding bills that need to be passed by Friday.

But the White House earlier this week pulled back on that demand after Democrats said they would refuse to pay for the wall in a government funding measure.

Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) of the House Freedom Caucus each blasted the concession in tweets Wednesday.

“Congressional leadership introduces CR until Feb. 8th WITHOUT $5 Billion for the Wall. Let me get this straight… our chances of getting the Wall will be better in February when Nancy Pelosi is Speaker than now when we have the majority? Give me a break. #DoWhatWeSaid,” Jordan wrote, referring to a continuing resolution (CR) to temporarily fund the government.

“The time to fight is now. Zero excuse,” Meadows tweeted, referring to getting funding for the wall.

Conservative media personalities Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Ben Shapiro have also criticized the White House’s decision to drop demands for border wall funding.