Trump Threatens To Shut Down Government If Congress Doesn’t Fund His Border Wall

Something that Donald Trump hinted at during his rally in Phoenix earlier this week, something
he said several times even before that, and something that he said since that rally, is
that if Congress does not give him the money that he wants to start building his border
wall, he is going to shut down the federal government.
There will be another budget shut-down like we had that Ted Cruz initiated a few years
ago.
Donald Trump wants the government to completely shut down if Republicans don't start falling
in line in funding his border wall.
Paul Ryan recently released an ad talking about the need for a border wall and, as Paul
Ryan is in charge of the House of Representatives, the branch of government that controls the
power of the purse, you would think that it would be pretty easy for Paul Ryan to go ahead
and get that money that Donald Trump so desperately wants, especially considering the fact that
Paul Ryan seems to not have a spine and is unwilling to stand up to Donald Trump.
Here's what is really happening right here, though: We know that Congress cannot approve
such a disastrous project, not just because it's a stupid idea, but because of the astronomical
cost associated with building this stupid wall.
They do not have the money to do it.
After all, if we can't afford to have after-school programs that help feed hungry children, if
we can't afford to give teachers a raise or firefighters and rebuild our infrastructure,
how do we have money to build a wall that's easily climbable by anybody that wants to
climb it?
Doesn't make much sense and, Paul Ryan, as bad as he is as a politician, does kind of
understand that.
Donald Trump also knows that this wall is not going to get built.
It's not going to happen.
It's actually kind of refreshing to see that he has given up his talking point that Mexico
will definitely pay for this wall.
Now, he's making it abundantly clear that the money for this wall is going to come from
U.S. taxpayers by way of a budget resolution from Congress.
We're paying for this wall, if it ever happens and, again, Trump knows that it won't, but
he also understands that right now he is losing support from every group in this country and
the only way he can shore up those last few supporters that he has left is by doubling
down on his promise to build that border wall.
This is a political strategy, has nothing to actually do with the wall.
The wall just happens to be the talking point that he's using to sell his hard line against
immigration back to his base.
We do not, as a country, have the money to do this.
We don't have the money to do a lot of things because we're busy giving it in tax breaks
to millionaires and billionaires, or spending it to lob more bombs at other countries.
But Trump still wants to shut down the government, a move that, just like last time, would have
disastrous economic consequences, a move that, just like last time, would also be squarely
pinned on the Republican Party.
That's not something they can afford right now, either.
The support for Republicans in this country in general is falling every single month.
If they become responsible for yet another government shut-down that starves the economy
of millions and possibly even billions of dollars, depending on how long it goes on,
they can pretty much go ahead and pack up their offices now, because they will not win
re-election in 2018.
They know that, and that's why I don't think there's a chance in hell that these Congressional
Republicans are stupid enough to go along with Donald Trump's idiotic threat to shut
down the government in order to get funding for his border wall.
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Trump Threatens To Shut Down Government If Congress Doesn’t Fund His Border Wall

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