Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump told supporters at a speech on Saturday that if Congress did not meet his funding demands for border security, he may support a government shutdown this fall. We come up again on September 28th, and if we don't get border security, we'll have no choice. We'll close down the country because we need border security." Despite his campaign pledge to make Mexico pay for his proposed wall on the US-Mexico border, Trump has demanded that Congress fund the project. Last month, he signed a bill that funds the government through September after expressing frustration with a spending package that included $1.6 billion for border security, but not the wall.

Source: CNN April 29, 2018 01:02 UTC