Trump threatens to shut down government over border wall
Tehran (KNA) - US President Donald Trump says he will shut down the federal government in September unless Congress provides more funding for a wall he has promised to build on the border with Mexico.
"That wall has started, we have 1.6 billion (dollars)," Trump said on Saturday at a campaign rally in Washington, Michigan.
"We come up again on September 28th and if we don't get border security we will have no choice, we will close down the country because we need border security."
Trump's proposal for the construction of a 2,000-mile wall has been met with strong criticism both at home and abroad.
The construction work began on April 9, with US Customs and Border Protection officials gathering to mark the groundbreaking of the $73-million project at Santa Teresa near New Mexico's state line with Texas.
Source: Press TV