https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/09/17/trump-calls-for-government-shutdown-if-gop-cant-get-an-appropriate-deal-as-deadline-looms/?sh=62bf174a336c
Trump Calls For Government Shutdown If GOP Can’t Get An ‘Appropriate Deal’ As Deadline Looms
Former President Donald Trump said Republicans should not abandon their threat of a government shutdown, telling NBC he would support a shutdown if Republicans and Democrats can’t “make an appropriate deal”—as Congress remains deadlocked with just two weeks left before a shutdown.
“I’d shut down the government if they can’t make an appropriate deal, absolutely,” Trump said in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet The Press Sunday morning after she asked if the party should drop the threat of a shutdown now that an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is open.
He said Republicans need to “get a fair deal” to “save our country” and address the “$35 trillion in debt”—referring to the federal government’s total debt, which has increased for decades under successive presidential administrations, including Trump’s.
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