President Trump gave an ultimatum Friday — Fund the border wall or the southern border will be shut down entirely and Central American aid will be cut off.
The President fired off a tweetstorm Friday demanding border wall funding and slammed NAFTA.
We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with. Hard to believe there was a Congress & President who would approve!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2018
….The United States looses soooo much money on Trade with Mexico under NAFTA, over 75 Billion Dollars a year (not including Drug Money which would be many times that amount), that I would consider closing the Southern Border a “profit making operation.” We build a Wall or…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2018
…..close the Southern Border. Bring our car industry back into the United States where it belongs. Go back to pre-NAFTA, before so many of our companies and jobs were so foolishly sent to Mexico. Either we build (finish) the Wall or we close the Border……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2018
President Trump said the US will be cutting off aid to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
…..Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are doing nothing for the United States but taking our money. Word is that a new Caravan is forming in Honduras and they are doing nothing about it. We will be cutting off all aid to these 3 countries – taking advantage of U.S. for years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2018
A partial government shutdown began last weekend after President Trump rejected a stopgap funding bill that was approved in both the Senate and the House, but didn’t include the $5 billion for border wall funding.
The House reworked the bill adding $5 billion in border wall funding which passed in a 215-185 vote.
The Senate, however, refused to pass the bill after it got bounced back from the House, resulting in a Schumer shutdown.
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House Democrats are reportedly quietly plotting ways to reopen the government while stiffing President Trump every penny on border wall funding as soon as they regain power next week.
