WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will dramatize his demands for a massive barrier in the Southwest with a visit Thursday to the U. S.-Mexico…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will dramatize his demands for a massive barrier in the Southwest with a visit Thursday to the U. S.-Mexico border, in a bid to pressure Congress to fund the project.
The White House announced the trip on Monday — Day 17 of a partial government shutdown that began Dec. 22 over Trump’s demands for a wall.
It’s unclear whether he will visit Texas or another border state, though the FAA on Monday posted a flight restriction notice for McAllen, suggesting that’s where Air Force One is heading.
Trump triggered the shutdown by digging in on a key campaign promise — a “big, beautiful wall”–after initially agreeing to a deal that would have kept the government open without providing any funding for wall construction.
He is now demanding $5.7 billion, up from $5 billion.
Trump threatened on Dec. 28 to “close the Southern Border entirely” if Democrats don’t authorize funding for the wall.
