{"id":2569753,"date":"2026-02-13T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-be-personally-involved-in-dhs-shutdown-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:05:42","slug":"trump-vows-to-be-personally-involved-in-dhs-shutdown-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-be-personally-involved-in-dhs-shutdown-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows to be personally involved in DHS shutdown talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-vows-to-be-personally-involved-in-dhs-shutdown-talks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2569753&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trump says he will personally participate in talks over Department of Homeland Security funding as current funding is about to lapse, warning that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-blames-president-trump-climate-change-for-migrant-surge\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi blames President ..., \u2018climate change\u2019 for migrant surge\">partial government shutdown<\/a> could occur after the Senate failed to advance a standalone DHS bill. The article notes DHS has been operating on a stopgap after broader appropriations were <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >blocked amid immigration-reform demands linked<\/a> to killings in Minneapolis. Trump argues his immigration policies have led to a safer border and vows to protect law enforcement, ICE, and Border Patrol, though he concedes a deal with Democrats may not come quickly. the piece also mentions a separate Trump management action targeting a Chinese-owned Wisconsin power-tool company for tariff evasion and includes links to related recommended stories.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says he&rsquo;ll be personally involved in DHS funding talks<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4456567\/trump-says-not-aware-lutnick-2012-visit-epstein-island\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, just hours before funding <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">for t<\/span>he&nbsp;Department of Homeland Security is set to lapse, said&nbsp;he will soon be personally involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-ask-judge-to-block-ice-oversight-visit-policy\/\" title=\"House Democrats ask judge to block ICE oversight visit policy\">ongoing funding negotiations<\/a> on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate failed to advance a stand-alone DHS funding package on Thursday afternoon, all but ensuring a partial government shutdown will start Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4456922\/taco-or-tactical-trumps-threats-risk-obscuring-his-results\/\">TACO or tactical? Trump&#8217;s threats risk obscuring his results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4456952\/midterm-elections-give-vance-chance-build-capital\/\">Midterm elections give Vance a chance to build political capital<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4456567\/trump-says-not-aware-lutnick-2012-visit-epstein-island\/\">Trump says he &#8216;wasn&#8217;t aware&#8217; of Lutnick&#8217;s 2012 visit to Epstein&#8217;s island<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>DHS has been operating under a stopgap measure after funding was previously stripped from a full government appropriations package. That was part of Democratic lawmakers&rsquo; demands to reform immigration operations in the wake of the Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4453564\/trump-contracts-us-finland-icebreaker-davie-defense\/\">Trump<\/a> spoke to reporters before departing the White House on Friday afternoon for an event with special forces operators at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I will,&rdquo; he responded when asked if he&rsquo;d been personally involved in the negotiations between the White House and leaders on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you look at Homeland Security, if you look at what they&rsquo;ve done, if you look at what ICE has done and Border Patrol, we have the safest border in the history of our country. Nobody comes in, other than if they come in legally,&rdquo; Trump continued, claiming his immigration policies resulted in historic drops in violent crime rates in 2025. &ldquo;I am here to protect law enforcement: our great police, and ICE, and Border Patrol, and everybody. I&rsquo;m here to protect them because they&rsquo;re protecting us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4454169\/trump-administration-action-chinese-owned-company-wisconsin\/\"><strong>CHINESE-OWNED POWER TOOL COMPANY BASED IN WISCONSIN TARGETED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR TARIFF EVASION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, the president voiced some doubt that a deal with Democrats to refund DHS can soon be reached.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll see what happens,&rdquo; he stated. &ldquo;We always have to protect our law enforcement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump to personally join DHS funding talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2569754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26044628880229.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7492,5894,5123,3745,3634],"class_list":["post-2569753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-dhs","tag-politics","tag-shutdown","tag-talks","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26044628880229.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569757,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569753\/revisions\/2569757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}