Trump doubles down on shutdown threat

The following article by Jordan Fabian was posted on the Hill website July 30, 2018:

Credit: AP, Susan Walsh

President Trump on Monday doubled down on his threat to shut down the government to secure enhanced border security measures.

“If we don’t get border security after many, many years of talk within the United States, I would have no problem doing a shutdown,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Italy’s prime minister.

But Trump would not say if he would veto a spending bill in September unless it included “full” funding for a border wall, saying, “I’ll always leave room for negotiation.”

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