Looks like he needs a lollipop. :lol:
‘Shut it down’: Trump threatens government shutdown if Democrats don’t agree to his border security terms
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump revived his threat Tuesday to shut down the federal government if Congress cannot agree to a spending deal that tightens the nation’s immigration laws.
“I’d love to see a shutdown if we can’t get this stuff taken care of,” Trump said to reporters after a meeting with law enforcement officials to discuss gang-related violence. “If we have to shut it down because the Democrats don’t want safety,” he added, “let’s shut it down.”
But Trump’s comments, though combative, had little to do with the delicate negotiations on Capitol Hill to keep the government open past Thursday, a fact that appeared to elude Trump.
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate were nearing a deal to raise statutory spending caps on military and non-military spending. That deal could secure a major, two-year spending bill before the government is set to shut down Friday, sparing the country of the fiscal showdowns that continuously bedevil the government.
Trump’s remarks marked the second time in his presidency that he has brandished the threat of a government shutdown unless Congress agrees to finance the building of a border wall with Mexico. He did it last May, suggesting that the United States could use a “good shutdown” to force a partisan confrontation over federal spending.
It has been nearly three weeks since the last shutdown — a three-day closure that ended after Democrats won a promise from Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to negotiate a deal on immigrants who came to the United States illegally as young children.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...nt-agree-to-his-terms-on-border-security.html
‘Shut it down’: Trump threatens government shutdown if Democrats don’t agree to his border security terms
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump revived his threat Tuesday to shut down the federal government if Congress cannot agree to a spending deal that tightens the nation’s immigration laws.
“I’d love to see a shutdown if we can’t get this stuff taken care of,” Trump said to reporters after a meeting with law enforcement officials to discuss gang-related violence. “If we have to shut it down because the Democrats don’t want safety,” he added, “let’s shut it down.”
But Trump’s comments, though combative, had little to do with the delicate negotiations on Capitol Hill to keep the government open past Thursday, a fact that appeared to elude Trump.
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate were nearing a deal to raise statutory spending caps on military and non-military spending. That deal could secure a major, two-year spending bill before the government is set to shut down Friday, sparing the country of the fiscal showdowns that continuously bedevil the government.
Trump’s remarks marked the second time in his presidency that he has brandished the threat of a government shutdown unless Congress agrees to finance the building of a border wall with Mexico. He did it last May, suggesting that the United States could use a “good shutdown” to force a partisan confrontation over federal spending.
It has been nearly three weeks since the last shutdown — a three-day closure that ended after Democrats won a promise from Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to negotiate a deal on immigrants who came to the United States illegally as young children.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...nt-agree-to-his-terms-on-border-security.html
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