A second government shutdown has taken place under Donald Trump's leadership. The last time the government shut down was on December 22, 2018, when congress hit an impasse over the president's demand for $5.7 billion in federal funds for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, something he has been advertising for ten years, since he launched his first presidential campaign, but has never achieved.

The shutdown ended 35 days later, when the representatives elected in the November 2018 election took office, giving Democrats a majority in the House, who immediately voted to approve the appropriations bill that had previously passed the Senate unanimously, which included no funding for the wall.

Seven years and another presidency later, Republicans have shut down the government again, as they failed t

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