US President Donald Trump said Sunday that a government shutdown is “a possibility” unless top Democrats change their negotiating stance, placing the onus on them to reach a deal before the October 1 funding deadline. “I just don't know how we are going to solve this issue,” Trump said in a phone interview with CBS News. He expressed confidence that Americans will side with him if government funding expires, and said Democrats will pay a political price for resisting his spending cuts. “They're not interested in fraud, waste and abuse,” he added. Trump scheduled a Monday meeting with congressional leaders, including Senate majority leader John Thune, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, House speaker Mike Johnson, and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, as a last-chance e
‘Don't know how we are going to solve this’: Donald Trump says shutdown ‘a possibility’; warns Democrats of political price

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