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President TrumpDonald John TrumpEx-Obama national security official: Trump confused ‘troop visit with a campaign rally’ Watergate prosecutor compares Trump ‘poor me’ tweet to end of Nixon presidency Trump shows no signs of backing down over the border wall, shutdown during Iraq visit MORE showed no signs of backing down over his demand for border wall funding on Wednesday during his surprise visit to a U.S. military base in Iraq.

Pressed by a reporter on how long the shutdown would last, Trump replied “Whatever it takes.”

“I mean, we’re going to have a wall,” Trump said, according to a White House transcript of his remarks at Al Asad Air Base. “We’re going to have safety. We need safety for our country, even from this standpoint.”

“We need a wall. So when you say, ‘How long is it going to take?’ When are they going to say that we need border security? When are the Democrats going to say it? Don’t forget, the Democrats all agreed that you need a wall, until I wanted it,” Trump claimed. “Once I wanted it, they didn’t agree.”

As the shut down enters its sixth day, neither the White House nor Democratic leaders have conceded ground over Trump’s demand for $5 million to fund his proposed border wall along the U.S.–Mexico border.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) over the weekend said Trump “must abandon the wall, plain and simple” for the government to reopen. 

Trump later in his remarks said there has already been progress on the wall, claiming, “We fixed a tremendous amount of wall — many miles.” 

When reporters pressed him over whether the White House would be willing to accept $2 million rather than the demanded $5 million, Trump said, “I’m not going to talk about it now.  But I will say this: We have been building a lot of wall.”

He blamed the impasse on Rep. Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D’Alesandro PelosiTrump shows no signs of backing down over the border wall, shutdown during Iraq visit More than 4 million students participated in lockdowns over 2017-18 school year: report Border wall impasse awaits senators returning to Washington MORE (D-Calif.), claiming that she opposed the wall funding because she hopes to become speaker.

“So Nancy is calling the shots,” Trump said. “Look politically speaking — I don’t do it for politics, I’m doing nothing for politics. But, politically speaking, people want border security, okay?”