Donald Trump threatens closure of government if they do not approve of the wall

Washington – President Donald Trump said Monday that "I have no problem" in causing a government shutdown if Congress does not approve enough of funds for his plan Border Security which includes the construction of a wall .

Trump's suggestion opposes members of his own party in Congress, who face tough reelection races. November Government funding expires at the end of September, a few weeks before the mid-term elections.

"I would have no problem in a closure," Trump said at a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the White House. "It's time to have border security."

His comments echoed the unexpected tweet of the day before saying that "the government would be ready to" shut down "if the Democrats did not give us the votes for border security, which includes the wall!"

Trump took up the idea after a meeting last week at the White House with the President of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan and the Chief of the majority of Senate Mitch McConnell where they said they had entered into an agreement to continue with government funding for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

McConnell told a radio host last week that there would be no close close to the mid-term elections on November 6, but he acknowledged that the issue of cross-border funding will not be probably not resolved before the elections. .

Trump campaigned on the promise to build a wall to prevent illegal immigration and force Mexico to pay for it. Mexico refused to do so. Trump has received Congressional money and probably receives more, although the total is less than the $ 25 billion that he has requested.

Trump also wants to change the legal immigration, such as the elimination of the visa lottery program. He also wants to end the practice of releasing detained immigrants by entering the country without permission provided they come to hearings, in addition to changing the US immigration system into a system based on personal merit and not on links. family The Democrats and some Republicans have refused such proposals.