Government shutdown if no funds for border wall : Donald Trump

5 Dariya News

Washington 18-Nov-2018

US President Donald Trump told the media at the White House here that this would be a "good time" for a government shutdown if he doesn't get  funding from Congress for his border wall."I think probably, if I was ever going to do a shutdown over border security, when you look at the caravans,  when you look at the mess, when you look at the people coming in, this would be a very good time to do a shutdown," CNN quoted Trump as saying on  Saturday.Trump added, however, that he didn't think a shutdown would "be necessary, because I think the Democrats will come to their  senses".Congress averted a government shutdown in September by passing a massive spending bill to fund a large portion of the government. The  package did not, however, include money for Trump's border wall, and Congress passed a shorter-term spending bill to fund the Department of  Homeland Security, among other agencies, until December 7.At a White House event in August, Trump said he was looking for about $5 billion for the  wall to cover this fiscal year, which some Democrats have already said they would vote against.Trump also said on Saturday that the US military will  remain at the US-Mexico border "as long as necessary", suggesting that the 5,900 troops deployed to the border could stay there past December 15,  the scheduled end of the mission.The President also touted the "tremendous military force" assigned to the border mission in Texas, Arizona and  California, lauding the troops for building "great fences"."They built great fences. They built a very powerful fence, a different kind of a fence, but very  powerful. The fence is fully manned," he said.