Donald Trump is back at the White House on Sunday after a brief trip to Camp David in Maryland to discuss the government shutdown with advisors.

Upon returning to Washington DC, Trump spoke to reporters, one of whom asked about whether federal workers would be willing to “make an adjustment” since they will not be receiving their paychecks.

Trump responded, “Yes, they will make an adjustment because they want to see the border taken care of.”

“They love our country & they want to make sure we have a strong border,” Trump continued. “Those people are great Americans, they are great patriots.”

Trump says he thinks federal workers who are missing paychecks "will make an adjustment b/c they want to see the border taken care of."

"They love our country & they want to make sure we have a strong border," he says. "Those people are great Americans, they are great patriots." pic.twitter.com/RyGTjI7ypU

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2019

Trump also said that he’s instructed officials in his administration to push for a steel barrier along the southern border rather than concrete wall amid an ongoing standoff with Democrats over the structure.

“We’ve been in touch with a lot of people and I informed my folks to say that we’ll build a steel barrier, steel, that it will be made out of steel, that it will be less obtrusive and stronger,” Trump told reporters at the White House upon returning from Camp David.

Trump said steel would “give us great strength,” and suggested that Democrats opposed a concrete barrier.

“They don’t like concrete, so we’ll give them steel,” Trump said, saying the material will look “beautiful” and be “stronger” than concrete.

Back from Camp David, Trump tells reporters, "We'll build a steel barrier. Steel. It'll be made out of steel. It'll be less obtrusive & it'll be stronger."

Asked why Dems would support that, he says, "They don't like concrete, so we'll give them steel. Steel is fine" #delusional pic.twitter.com/WrdWxV6Poh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2019