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Trump Says Gov’t Shutdown Won’t End before Securing Wall Funding

Trump Says Gov’t Shutdown Won’t End before Securing Wall Funding
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US President Donald Trump said the government shutdown will continue unless he secures the desired funding for building the border wall with Mexico.

Speaking after a Christmas Day video message on Tuesday, the American President insisted that the partial shutdown of the federal government would last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the US-Mexico border was met.

“I can't tell you when the government is going to be open,” Trump said. “I can tell you, it's not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they'd like to call it. I'll call it whatever they want … If you don't have that [wall], then we're just not opening."

Trump expressed hope that the wall would be completed by the next presidential election in 2020, also announcing plans to go to the border in January to visit a new stretch of wall.

"It's my hope to have this done, completed -- all 500 to 550 miles -- to have it either renovated or brand new by election time, It's going to be built, hopefully rapidly," he said. "I'm going there at the end of January for the start of construction. That's a big stretch."

Trump also claimed, without providing evidence, that federal employees on furlough or working without pay understand his demand for a border wall and support him in his mission.

"I think they understand what's happening," he said. "They want border security. The people of this country want border security."

The remarks were made as the shutdown over budget spending is in its fourth day after Democratic lawmakers resisted Trump’s demand for a five billion-dollar border wall funding.

Nine of the 15 federal departments, including State, Homeland Security, Transportation, Agriculture and Justice are partially closed.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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