"Trump: Shutdown has 'higher purpose than next week's pay"
"Thousands of federal employees are on furlough during the partial government shutdown, but President Donald Trump said Friday that it’s for a good cause. This really does have a higher purpose than next week’s pay,” Trump said during a news conference."
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/trump-government-shutdown-higher-purpose-1081758
"Trump threatens to extend partial government shutdown for years"
"President Trump on Friday threatened to keep about 25 percent of the federal government closed for years until he gets his desired funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump confirmed after the meeting that he “absolutely” said the shutdown could last more than a year, as first noted by Senate"
https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...atened-to-keep-government-shut-down-for-years
As inane as it is on face value, if there is one thing Americans from anywhere can identify with is not getting paid, especially when you are on site doing your job.
Trump wants his "big, beautiful, tremendous, thirty foot high reinforced concrete Wall" but he could care less about the anxiety and problems that are created when the very people working on that Wall aren't
"Thousands of federal employees are on furlough during the partial government shutdown, but President Donald Trump said Friday that it’s for a good cause. This really does have a higher purpose than next week’s pay,” Trump said during a news conference."
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/trump-government-shutdown-higher-purpose-1081758
"Trump threatens to extend partial government shutdown for years"
"President Trump on Friday threatened to keep about 25 percent of the federal government closed for years until he gets his desired funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump confirmed after the meeting that he “absolutely” said the shutdown could last more than a year, as first noted by Senate"
https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...atened-to-keep-government-shut-down-for-years
As inane as it is on face value, if there is one thing Americans from anywhere can identify with is not getting paid, especially when you are on site doing your job.
Trump wants his "big, beautiful, tremendous, thirty foot high reinforced concrete Wall" but he could care less about the anxiety and problems that are created when the very people working on that Wall aren't