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Trump’s comments came as he continues to demand that Congress approve $5 billion in funding for a wall to be built along the southern border.

The federal government has been in a partial shutdown since Dec. 22, with lawmakers at odds over Trump’s demand for border wall funding. There were no indications Wednesday that the shutdown would end soon.

Trump said during his remarks at Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting that the shutdown could last for “a long time,” while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Wednesday that the shutdown could continue for “weeks.”

“We’re hopeful that somehow in the coming days and weeks we’ll be able to reach an agreement,” McConnell said, adding that he didn’t think “any particular progress” was made Wednesday.

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader and likely next Speaker Nancy Pelosi(D-Calif.) reiterated that Democrats won’t agree to fund a wall.

“Nothing for the wall,” she told with NBC’s “Today” in an interview that will air Thursday.

Trump on Democrats saying the wall is immoral: "Well then you got to do something about the Vatican, because the Vatican has the biggest wall of them all. The wall is immoral? Look at all of the countries that have walls, and they work 100%. It’s never going to change." pic.twitter.com/6Fgem53WJI

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 2, 2019