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US President Donald Trump has vowed a “very long” government shutdown if Democrats do not fund his border wall, even though he said Mexico was going to pay for it.
Mr Trump is demanding $5.7bn (£4.5bn), which was passed by the House of Representatives, but is expected to be rejected in the Senate, who can’t believe he is actually following up on his only consistent policy promise since 2015.
“I hope we don’t but we are totally prepared for a very long shutdown,” he said during a White House event.
If no deal is reached, parts of the US government will begin to close at midnight on Friday, as the President works to come good on the promise that his entire presidential campaign was based on, and something that 40 million plus American people appeared to agree with when they voted for him.
Mr Trump said that the “chances are probably very good” of a “Democrat shutdown”.
The Republican president met senators from his own party beforehand at the White House, where they held a “great meeting” that “lasted a long time,” he added.
“Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!” he tweeted earlier on Friday.
