US President Donald Trump is escalating his shutdown threat over US-Mexico border wall funding at a heated White House meeting with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
Trump says during the open-press session, “If we don’t have border security, we’ll shut down the government.” He says his long-promised wall will be built one way or another.
Government funding for some agencies is set to expire on December 21, threatening a partial shutdown.
US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office of the White House, December 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Schumer and Pelosi are urging the president to find another solution, with Schumer saying, “We shouldn’t shut down the government over a dispute.”
Trump is responding by saying he’s “proud to shut down the government” and says he will “take the mantle.”
Pelosi is also commenting on the meeting’s acrimony, noting “this has spiraled downwards.”
— AP
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