{"id":5709,"date":"2018-12-21T15:48:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T15:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/trump-vows-very-long-government-shutdown-over-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2018-12-21T15:48:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T15:48:47","slug":"trump-vows-very-long-government-shutdown-over-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/trump-vows-very-long-government-shutdown-over-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows ‘very long’ government shutdown over border wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Media caption<\/span>Trump: “Any measure that funds the government must include border security”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

US President Donald Trump has threatened a “very long” government shutdown if Democrats do not fund his long-promised border wall.<\/p>\n

In a series of tweets, Mr Trump demanded $5.7bn (\u00a34.5bn), which was passed by the House of Representatives, but is expected to fail in the Senate.<\/p>\n

“Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!” he tweeted. <\/p>\n

If no deal is reached, parts of the US government will begin to close at midnight on Friday. <\/p>\n

What next?<\/h2>\n

The Senate is expected to vote at around midday on Friday on a measure that the House approved a day earlier by 217-185.<\/p>\n

The Republican president was meeting senators from his own party beforehand, according to the White House, to discuss “the funding bill and the importance of border security”.<\/p>\n

Any partial shutdown would be the third such closure of federal agencies in 2018.<\/p>\n

And if it occurs, it may not be settled until after the New Year, when Democrats take control of the House.<\/p>\n