Trump Renews Border-Closing Threat as Shutdown Standoff Hardens
- Ultimatum comes over funding for Trump’s proposed border wall
- Partial government shutdown will likely last into 2019
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Donald Trump threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as he sought to shift blame for a partial federal government shutdown that appears likely to stretch into 2019 over funding for the president’s proposed border wall.
“We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with,” Trump said on Twitter.