Trump, GOP skeptics of Ukraine aid balk at potential McConnell-Schumer border deal

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Former President Donald Trump said that Republicans should say "No" to a border security deal that does not include "everything needed" to stop the flow of illegal migrants at the southern border.

"I do not think we should do a Border Deal, at all, unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION of Millions & Millions of people, many from parts unknown, into our once great, but soon to be great again, Country!" Trump wrote Thursday on Truth Social.

Congressional leaders are hoping to reach a bipartisan deal that would be attached to the national security supplemental package and unlock billions in funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

Both Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters this week that a national security funding deal could come up for a vote as soon as next week.

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However, even though it will likely garner the 60 votes needed to pass in the upper chamber, it will be dead on arrival in the GOP-controlled House if it does not include Trump-era immigration penalties as outlined in H.R. 2 — the House's border security bill passed last year. McConnell has indicated that the priority is not just the border, but the other national security issues outlined in the package.

"The rest of