President Donald Trump on Tuesday dropped his longstanding demand for Congress to set aside $5 billion for the border wall in a must-pass spending bill, clearing a major hurdle for lawmakers to pass a stopgap measure before the deadline at midnight Friday.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday dropped his longstanding demand for Congress to set aside $5 billion for the border wall in a must-pass spending bill, clearing a major hurdle for lawmakers to pass a stopgap measure before the deadline at midnight Friday.
At a rare appearance in front of reporters, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump wants to avoid a government shutdown and will seek “other ways” to get funding for a wall along the southwest border.
“At the end of the day we don’t want to shut down the government, we want to shut down the border from illegal immigration,” Sanders said, according to The Hill .
Sanders added that the White House has asked cabinet departments to identify unspent funds that can be used to build the border wall.
