President Trump may not force a partial government shutdown if he doesn’t get his demanded $5 billion for border wall funding after all, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders seemed to suggest Tuesday morning.
“We have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion,” she said on Fox News. “At the end of the day we don’t want to shut down the government, we want to shut down the border.”
That suggests a softening position after Trump publicly insisted last week that he wouldn’t accept any deal to avoid a partial government shutdown without major funding to build his long-sought wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Trump’s public pledge to back a partial shutdown and accept responsibility for it backed congressional Republicans into a corner, as Democrats have been steadfast in their refusal to accept border wall funding in a bipartisan deal to keep the government fully funded. More than a quarter of the government will run out of funding as of this Friday, and Republicans in both chambers have publicly said it’s up to Trump and Senate Democrats to negotiate a deal.
Sanders’ comments are a sign that the White House may fold in its demands, as it’s clear Democrats are holding firm and a shutdown is the only other option if they don’t cave.
Maybe it’s sinking in that it’s time to circle the wagons?
No one saw that coming. /s
Bwahahaha total cave. Next time, Indy-1, believe Pelosi when she tells you your whip count.
Of course he wont, the economy is about to crash (just got a letter from the chief economist at my financial adviser, recession expected in 2019) his doesn’t want to precipitate it.
Of course he won’t because reasons
All that remains to be seen is what line of Bullshit they come up with.
He didn’t want to face the possibility of actually governing while trying to jam as many games of golf as he can during the break