Trump Insists on Border Spending as Shutdown Deadline Nears
- President refuses to sign any bill that lacks border funds
- Shutdown would close nine government agencies after Friday
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President Donald Trump insisted on funding a wall or other barrier along the southern U.S. border as tensions over a possible partial government shutdown intensified in the wake of the president’s refusal to sign a stopgap spending bill.
“Any measure that funds the government must include border security, has to,” Trump said Thursday at the White House. He said that a “physical barrier” is “essential,” adding that it could be steel slats instead of a wall.