President Trump said Monday he is prepared to partially shutter the federal government at the end of September if Congress fails to secure adequate border security funding in its next spending package, following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte that largely focused on immigration.
“Personally, if we don’t get border security, after many many years of talk within the U.S., I would have no problem having a shutdown,” Trump said at a joint press conference with his Italian counterpart.
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