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"I think Nancy Pelosi is hurting our country very badly by doing what's she doing and, ultimately, I think I've set the table very nicely," Trump told The Times in an interview.
Declining to confirm whether he would declare a national emergency to acquire money to build the wall, he said, "I've set the table. I've set the stage for doing what I'm going to do."
https://www.kcci.com/article/trump-slams-shutdown-talks-says-hes-set-the-stage-for-taking-action-on-wall/26106381
"I think that by having the shutdown we have set the table. We've set the stage for what is going to happen Feb. 15," he said. “Without a wall it just doesn’t work.”
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/trump-feb-15-shutdown-weve-set-stage-what-going-happen/154560/