Trump seems determined that he’s not going to be the first one to blink during this partial government shutdown. He told the troops last night that he was going to wait for the funding, “whatever it takes”:
REUTERS – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is prepared to wait as long as it takes to get $5 billion from taxpayers for his U.S.-Mexico border wall, a demand that has triggered a partial shutdown of the federal government that is now in its fifth day.
With no immediate end to the shutdown in sight, Trump made his remarks during a surprise visit to Iraq and blamed the shutdown on Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who was expected to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3.
Trump had previously said he was prepared for a lengthy shutdown and when asked on Wednesday how long he would wait to get what he wants, he said, “Whatever it takes.”
“Nancy is calling the shots,” said the Republican president, suggesting that her opposition to his demand for wall funding had to do with Pelosi’s need for votes to become speaker.
“The American public is demanding a wall,” Trump said while on the ground at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq.
Here’s Trump’s full comments posted by the White House today:
Trump is said to be making another unannounced trip to a second location to visit more of our troops. So don’t believe all that you read from fake news NBC News articles…