Trump insists US government shutdown will only end when wall is fundedIn a Christmas Day appearance in the Oval Office, Mr Trump issued a lengthy defence of his desire for a wall, saying it is the only way to stop drugs and human traffickers from entering the US. The promise of a border wall was a central component of Mr Trump’s presidential campaign. Mr Trump argued that drug flows and human trafficking can only be stopped by a wall. Mr Trump argued that Democrats oppose a wall only because he is for one. Mr Trump claimed that many of these workers “have said to me and communicated ‘stay out until you get the funding for the wall’.

Source: Irish Independent December 25, 2018 23:48 UTC