U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday not to bend in his demand for a wall along the southern border with Mexico but said the barrier could be made of steel instead of concrete as a potential compromise with Democrats who refuse to fund it.
Trump’s comments came at the start of the third week of a partial government shutdown resulting from the dispute that has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers idled or without paychecks.
Trump threatened again, without providing specifics on where the funding would originate, to declare a national emergency as an alternative way to build the wall, depending on the outcome of talks in the coming days.
Democrats have declined to approve the $5.6 billion Trump wants to fulfill a 2016 campaign promise to curb illegal immigration. Led by new Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrats passed a bill in the House of Representatives last week to reopen the government without wall funding. Pelosi has called a border wall immoral.
Donald Trump threatens to declare national emergency ‘in next few days’ to build border wall amid US government shutdown:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8135770/donald-trump-threatens-national-emergency-shutdown-wall/
Donald Trump says he will shut down US government ‘for YEARS’ and will declare a national emergency to force Mexico wall:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8124866/donald-trump-shut-down-government-for-years-national-emergency/
Donald Trump will LOSE presidency if he fails to secure border wall funding, Senator Lindsey Graham claims:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8111224/donald-trump-will-presidency-border-wall-funding/
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