{"id":90272,"date":"2017-12-01T12:40:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=90272"},"modified":"2017-12-01T12:41:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:41:05","slug":"washpost-trump-mulls-government-shutdown-over-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=90272","title":{"rendered":"WashPost: Trump Mulls Government Shutdown Over Border Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEWSMAX<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump is privately weighing the pros and cons of a government shutdown, The Washington Post reported.<\/p>\n

On the pro side, Trump thinks taking a hard line on illegal immigration and funding for a border wall would be good for him politically with his base, which was less than happy with his dalliance with Democratic leadership three months ago, the Post reports.<\/p>\n

On the con side, everything else.<\/p>\n

“When you run for office and you get elected and you are given the opportunity to govern, it strikes me as a bad idea to shut the government down,” Texas Sen. John Cornyn told the Post. “That seems like an abdication of responsibility.”<\/p>\n

Trump’s out \u2014 blaming the Democrats, a notion he proffered earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Trump has openly tossed around the benefits of a “good shutdown” before, having tweeted about it earlier this year.<\/p>\n

“He’s not advocating for a shutdown in any way. We want to make sure our military is funded. We want to make sure our priorities are funded. That’s why we invited [Democrats] over to have a conversation about a deal,” White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short told reporters late Thursday, the Post reported.<\/p>\n

The deadline to fund the government is Dec. 8; Republicans are expected to introduce measures to extend the deadline to Dec. 22, the Post reports.<\/p>\n

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