No Images? Click here President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he welcomes a government shutdown if congressional leaders do not agree to a deal to keep the government open later this week.“I’d love to see a shutdown if we don’t get this stuff taken care of,” he said during a roundtable with legislators and law enforcement officials on immigration, adding that Democrats need to agree to his demands for immigration restrictions.“It’s worth it for our country,” he said. “If we have to shut it down because the Democrats don’t want safety, and — unrelated but still related — they don’t want to take care of military, then shut it down. We’ll go with another shutdown.Lawmakers in both parties have said they hope to avoid another government shutdown like the one that occurred after talks broke down last month. Without an agreement to extend funding, the government would shut down Friday.Later Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders clarified Trump’s comments, saying that he wants Democrats “to do their jobs.”“We are not advocating for the shutdown,” she said.WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?White House chief of staff John Kelly said that President Donald Trump’s offer to save undocumented young people ― though only if he can build a border wall and slash legal immigration ― is generous because it would help immigrants who may have previously been “too lazy” to seek protections.Andrew Wheeler, President Trump’s climate-denying nominee to be Environmental Protection Agency deputy administrator, inched closer to getting the job. If he's approved, it would be a testament to how extreme other nominees have been.Wall Street bounced back in a day of volatile trade that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise 567.02 points, or 2.33 percent, to 24,912.77. The Dow had a more than 1,100-point difference between its high and low on Tuesday.ICYMI
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Why President Trump says he would "love to see a shutdown"
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