Donald Trump has said:
So Trump has now decided to leverage the threat of a government shutdown in order to secure funding for his border wall, back in September, Congress averted a shutdown by passing a spending bill with a vote of 361-61 in the House, this bill did not include money for Trump's proposed border wall. In a spending bill passed in March, Congress allocated $1.6bn for border security. [1]
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. [2]
In other news, Trump also said 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.
He also lauded the troops for building 'great fences'
I shit you not.
Just look at this rambling mess of a statement:
I think you can all join me in saying 'DAFUQ?'
[1] CNN Article on Trump's Remarks
[2] Transcript of Trump's Remarks from August 20, 2018
Quote: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,
So Trump has now decided to leverage the threat of a government shutdown in order to secure funding for his border wall, back in September, Congress averted a shutdown by passing a spending bill with a vote of 361-61 in the House, this bill did not include money for Trump's proposed border wall. In a spending bill passed in March, Congress allocated $1.6bn for border security. [1]
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. [2]
In other news, Trump also said 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.
He also lauded the troops for building 'great fences'
I shit you not.
Just look at this rambling mess of a statement:
Quote:They built great fences. They built a very powerful fence, a different kind of a fence, but very powerful. The fence is fully manned,
I think you can all join me in saying 'DAFUQ?'
[1] CNN Article on Trump's Remarks
[2] Transcript of Trump's Remarks from August 20, 2018
