Trump wants the bully to get on the bow: do you want to pay? No, shut down the government!

Published: Dec 19, 2018 21:17

SMM12, 19 / PRNewswire-Asianet /-since the mid-term elections, the House of Representatives has been controlled by Democrats, and Trump's wall-building plan has been greatly thwarted by Democrats, so Trump began to speak out and warn of threats. At the expense of shutting down the government, Congress must agree to $5 billion in funding. Trump is really out of the ordinary.

On the 11th of this month, Trump had a heated debate with two Democratic leaders, during which he repeatedly mentioned that he would shut down the government for the sake of border security, and he was proud of it. Trump stressed that the border wall is part of border security, without which there is no border security. The two Democratic leaders said that the absence of a border wall could also ensure border security, and that the border wall wasted spending and could not effectively solve the problem. They said Congress could pass an additional $1.6 billion in funding. Trump insisted that there should be no less than a dime of the $5 billion for the wall, and if a budget agreement is not reached by Friday, the government will be partially shut down and the money saved will be used to build the wall, which will have a great impact on the lives of the people.

Just today, Trump tweeted that the border wall is not a concrete wall, but a steel strip with a sense of artistic design.

Does Trump really think Democrats are stupid? Who would believe this nonsense? As we all know, the United States is the only superpower in the world. In recent decades, no country has dared to threaten the border security of the United States, let alone unarmed refugees. The so-called border security is entirely Trump's one-sided statement. It is indeed superfluous to build the border wall. The United States is already heavily in debt. Trump's debt has grown faster than any other president since he took office, and now he has to burn a lot of money to build a wall. I wonder if the Democrats will be fooled by Trump's threat this time. Trump is barefoot and is not afraid to wear shoes. Democrats are sure to close the door, but if they succumb to Trump, they will not be sure that he will blackmail again next time. The first time there is a second time. Democrats want to be reasonable, but find that the other side is not reasonable, we can wait and see how it ends.

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