As the government shutdown goes into week two, many are wondering what it will take to put an end to it. President Donald Trump has\u2026<\/b>
\nAs the government shutdown goes into week two, many are wondering what it will take to put an end to it. President Donald Trump has stood strong on his claim that he will not sign any spending bill that does not include the $5 billion he has demanded to build a wall along the U. S.-Mexico border, however Democrats have made it clear they will not give in to his request.
Solutions have been suggested by countless officials over the last few weeks regarding the partial government shutdown. And now, as the Hill reports, North Carolina Representative Walter Jones has offered his own solution \u2014 that President Trump should tap into his own personal funds to help pay for the border wall.
In a statement released on Friday, December 28, Congressman Walter Jones called for a \u201cfiscally responsible wall funding plan,\u201d so as not to add to the country\u2019s already crippling national debt of $22 trillion.
And while Jones does agree that it is \u201cessential\u201d to improve security along the country\u2019s southern border, he noted that it is \u201cmorally irresponsible\u201d to fund the project by continuing to borrow money, instead offering options that can be found internally. One of his suggestions called upon the president personally to provide the money he has been demanding.
\u201cAs a wealthy man, the president might consider pledging some of his own funds as well,\u201d Jones said in his statement. \u201cWhatever it takes, just so long as we don\u2019t add to the debt that is bankrupting our great country.\u201d
Republican Rep. Walter Jones is worried that Trump’s border wall will add to the federal debt \u2014 so he’s proposing that Trump pony up some of his own money for the wall.
«As a wealthy man, the president might consider pledging some of his own funds.» https:\/\/t.co\/32IZYLgkGt
\u2014 Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 31,2018
Jones also suggested slashing foreign aid, specifically starting with the war in Afghanistan, and \u201ccutting other wasteful federal spending\u201d as methods of raising the funding needed for the project.
President Trump has called for a wall along the U. S.-Mexico border since he began campaigning for office, however his original plan was to have Mexico provide funding for it.
Now, it is in the hands of the United States to fund the project. Trump has demanded a sum of $5 billion be allocated for the wall within a new spending bill for Congress.
Lawmakers had until midnight on Saturday, December 22 to come up with a new spending bill. However, with Democrats opposing the president\u2019s funding request, no solution was found \u2014 leading to a partial government shutdown that is expected to go into the first week of 2019.
And while the president may take Rep. Jones\u2019 suggestion and dip into his own savings to pay for the wall, others, as the Inquisitr previously reported, do not think Trump will receive any such funding. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo thinks that President Trump may forgo his pricey request all together.<\/p>\n