Border Wall or Shatdaun: Trump took a tough stance on government funding

US President Donald Trump 20 said in December that the Republican leaders in the House of Representatives would not sign the Senate package of government spending that did not include funds for border security, in particular, for the construction of the wall.

Photo: twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Thus, the threat of government shatdaun at the end of this week becomes almost inevitable, writes Fox News.

“I have made my position clear: any measure to fund the government must include spending on border security,” the president said at a White House event.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, both Republicans, told reporters after meeting with the president at the White House that Trump would not sign the spending package approved by the Senate on Wednesday night due to "security concerns." borders."

“What we are going to do is go back to the House and work with our parliamentarians. We want the government to work, but we also want to see an agreement that protects the border. We have very serious concerns about protecting our border,” Ryan said.

According to Fox News, the House will try to amend the Senate bill to add $5 billion for a border wall, as Trump has demanded. But it is unclear whether this amendment will be adopted or whether it will cause new conflicts. If an agreement cannot be reached, then after December 21 the American government will face a shutdown - closure due to lack of funding.

The process is complicated by the upcoming holidays, as well as by the fact that some lawmakers who have left Congress this year have already returned home. According to the source, the Republican team contacts its representatives, who are no longer in the city, and tries to convince them to return to Washington.

A bill passed by the Senate will provide funding for several key departments of the federal government until February and prevent shatdown. This document provides for the allocation of 1,6 billion dollars for border security, but not for the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, which, according to Trump's estimates, requires 5 billion dollars.

After the White House initially announced its readiness to consider such a short-term compromise measure, Trump faced growing pressure from conservative politicians who are demanding funding for the wall. Therefore, the president decided to take a tougher stance.

The statement that the head of state does not intend to make compromises with regard to border security has been released by a spokeswoman for the White House, Sarah Sanders.

The corresponding video message also appeared on the Trump page in the microblog Twitter.

In it, he said that “everybody understands the need for the wall,” but the Democrats do not want to finance it for political reasons.

“This is politics, I understand that, I don’t even want to use it against Democrats. However, the interests of the state should be placed above politics,” Trump said.

He added that great progress had been made in the construction of the wall and that he was not going to stop there.

“We’ll see what happens,” he concluded.

Democrats, it’s time to come up with the AMERICAN PEOPLE before POLITICS. Border security must become a #1 priority! pic.twitter.com/Wck6UpQGil

- Donald J. Trump (@ realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2018

Recall if December 21 does happen a shutdown, it will be incompleteSince the funding of some departments has been separately approved for a longer period.

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