Trump ‘threatens’ to continue with US govt. shutdown for years

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump has ‘threatened’ to continue with the ongoing, two-week-old partial government shutdown for years if the Congress refused to support funding for a wall along the Mexico border.

Following a meeting with the Congressional leaders at the White House, ending in a stalemate, Trump said he may call a national emergency to build a border wall which, he argues, is essential to stop the illegal immigrants from entering the United States.

“I did say that. Absolutely, I said that,” Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House after Democratic leaders told media about the president’s “threat”, during their meeting with him, to continue with the partial government shutdown for years.

“We told the president we need the government open. He resisted. In fact, he said he’d keep the government closed for a very long period, months or even years,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters after his meeting with Trump at the White House on ending the partial government shutdown.