Full Text: Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Shutdown, Border Wall

Trump discusses illegal immigration, building a wall on the Southern border of the U.S. and the government shutdown.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Derek Wallbank

January 8, 2019 at 9:58 PM EST

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Below is the White House transcript of President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on the border and partial government shutdown, which aired live from the Oval Office. The White House clocked it at 10 minutes, 9:01 p.m. to 9:11 p.m.

THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans: Tonight, I am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border.

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