"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.”
Trump made the remarks during a meeting at the White House with American manufacturers.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/trump-feb-15-shutdown-weve-set-stage-what-going-happen/154560/