WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering vetoing the omnibus spending bill passed overnight because it does not solve the DACA issue nor fully fund his southern border wall.
The president tweeted that Democrats have "totally abandoned" those protected by the DACA program.
Government funding expires at midnight.
Trump's budget director, Mick Mulvaney, guaranteed Thursday that the president would sign the massive spending measure.
"Will the president sign the bill? Yes," he said at the start of a hastily arranged news conference.
Mulvaney and Trump's legislative affairs director, Marc Short, explained how White House officials never expected to get all their demands since Democratic votes were needed to get the spending bill to Trump's desk.
But they never said the president understood that.
Reopening the package could also anger some Republicans, who believe they achieved a number of conservative wins in the legislation and fear that by renegotiating the more contentious issues left out of the omnibus _ like the DACA program _ they would be forced to succumb to more Democratic demands.
A senior Democratic aide indicated there was no "Plan B" should Trump choose to veto the package.
On Wednesday, Speaker Paul D. Ryan was sent to the White House to talk Trump into signing the bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stepped out of a meeting to take a call from Trump about the omnibus.
By Wednesday evening, Trump was tweeting about the things he "got" in the bill.
"Got $1.6 Billion to start Wall on Southern Border, rest will be forthcoming."
"Most importantly, got $700 Billion to rebuild our Military, $716 Billion next year ... most ever," he wrote, taking a shot at the opposition party: "Had to waste money on Dem giveaways in order to take care of military pay increase and new equipment."
But House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Trump is mischaracterizing the amount of money in the omnibus for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.
"There's some resources for fencing and repairs and the rest there ... but some of that money is for technology and other ways to protect our border," Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday on the House floor. "If you want to think that you're getting a wall, you just think it and sign the bill."
It appears by Friday morning, the mercurial president was having second thoughts about doing so.
