"Amnesty is not a part of my offer. It is a 3 year extension of DACA. Amnesty will be used only on a much bigger deal, whether on immigration or something else. Likewise there will be no big push to remove the 11,000,000 plus people who are here illegally," Trump tweeted.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected the concession as a "non-starter," saying the Democrats wanted a permanent solution for DACA and TPS recipients.
In a series of tweets, Trump taunted Pelosi, whom he branded the "Radical Democrat," saying she was behaving irrationally. He added he was still thinking about delivering the state-of-the-union address and promised to "get back to you soon," after Pelosi pressed to postpone the speech during the federal government shutdown, which has gone into day 30.