US govt lurches to shutdown as Trump, Democrats spar over wall 1 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseDonald Trump and congressional Democrats stood at stark odds Thursday as the president balked at a spending stopgap that contains no border wall funding, leaving the US government on the precipice of a Christmas time shutdown. But with ultra-conservative lawmakers and media personalities effectively demanding that the president stick to his campaign promises, Trump doubled down. “They work better than anything.”Democrats have refused to budge, saying they will not support a spending measure that funds Trump’s wall. It includes $5.7 billion in border wall funding, and $7.8 billion in disaster relief.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 21, 2018 02:48 UTC