Trump: ‘I’d Shut Down Government’ To Get Wall, But I Don’t Want To Screw Up Midterms

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President Trump again suggested a rally on Thursday evening that he would shut down the government in order to build his wall, but he added that he probably won’t let it happen before the midterms because he doesn’t want to “do anything to upset the applecart.”

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