Trump’s remarks are likely to inflame tensions with Democrats just before a midnight deadline to fund the government. The deadlock over spending threatens to paralyze many US government operations for the first time in nearly seven years, causing the suspension of services for Americans and paychecks for federal workers.
President Donald Trump said “a lot of good” could stem from a government shutdown, threatening to oust federal workers and eliminate programs that are favored by Democrats if Congress doesn’t meet a midnight funding deadline.
“We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want and they’d be Democrat things,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday. “They just don’t learn. So we have no choice. I have to do that for the country.”
