Trump says a shutdown would hurt the military 'very badly.' Here's what would happen
by Travis J. Tritten | Jan 16, 2018, 12:01 AM
President Trump on Sunday told reporters at Mar-a-Lago that it was still uncertain whether Congress can strike a budget deal by Friday and avert a government shutdown.
But he said there was at least one good reason to pass a budget, or at least what instead could be another temporary funding measure, by the midnight deadline.
“I don’t know if there will be a shutdown. There shouldn’t be, because, if there is, our military gets hurt very badly,†Trump said. “We cannot let our military be hurt.â€
The president has returned to the military time and again in his running political fight with Democrats over immigration reform and a 2018 funding bill for the Defense Department and rest of the federal government, which is now more than three months overdue.
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