Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding

  • Congress must pass spending bill by Sept. 30 to avoid shutdown
  • ‘One way or the other, we’re going to get that wall,’ he said

Trump Threatens Shutdown over Border Wall

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President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to bring the U.S. government to the brink of a shutdown if needed to pressure Congress into funding the border wall that was a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign.