Something remarkable happened in the White House this week, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with President Trump to talk about border security amid their standoff over the federal budget. The president attempt to ground the discussion in numbers. We'll go further on this bonus episode of Numbers Geek, exploring the key numbers and long-term trends behind U.S. border security. 

<p>Something remarkable happened in the White House this week, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with President Trump to talk about border security amid their standoff over the federal budget. The president attempt to ground the discussion in numbers. We'll go further on this bonus episode of Numbers Geek, exploring the key numbers and long-term trends behind U.S. border security.&nbsp;</p>

Numbers Geek is the podcast where we use numbers and data to make sense of the world.  We take on issues from education to politics to basketball and beyond — with leaders in business, tech and entertainment. Our resident Numbers Geek is Steve Ballmer,  the former Microsoft CEO and current owner of the L.A. Clippers.  Numbers Geek is a GeekWire podcast, produced in partnership with USAFacts, the nonprofit data initiative founded by Ballmer.

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