- Trump lashed out against Democrats again on Friday in a series of tweets in which he threatened to close the U.S.-border with Mexico
- Incoming chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said shortly after ‘I think he is’ serious
- In addition to a wall, he said he wants an immigration overhaul
- Tied the dispute to trade as he threatened to toss out existing agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico that has been redesigned but not passed
- In tweets on Thursday the president harangued Democrats for ‘stupidity’ that he said was driving them to oppose his strategy for fighting illegal immigration
- Trump also said most of the federal workers who are out of work because of the partial government shutdown are Democrats
- That, he claims, should motivate his adversaries in Congress to negotiate with him over funding for his long-promised border wall
- Partial shutdown, which affects workers paid through agencies that administer one-quarter of the federal budget, is entering its seventh day
- It will continue until early next week at least and is likely to last into 2019
Daily Mail, by Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com — 12/28/2018
Excerpt:
President Donald Trump returned Friday to a threat to close the nation’s southern border if he doesn’t get his wall money from Congress.
Trump warned as the weekend began that he’ll close every port of entry, if he doesn’t see progress not only on his wall, but on a total immigration overhaul.
‘We build a Wall or close the Southern Border,’ he declared.
He claimed in tweets in the last day that Democratic opposition to his wall is totally political in nature and is untethered from their assertions that his desired border barrier would be impractical. The president said they should work harder to end the current shutdown, because it mainly affects their voters.
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