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President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Democrats for the partial authorities shutdown, as Republicans and Democrats have but to achieve a deal on Division of Homeland Safety funding, whereas he additionally touted what he deemed as wins for his administration on points such because the economic system and crime.
Chatting with reporters on Air Power One, Trump boasted of “nice monetary numbers” equivalent to low inflation and falling gas costs.
“Nice monetary numbers, you noticed low inflation, very low inflation. Costs are down. Manner down. Gasoline is lower than $2 a gallon in lots of locations, which no one anticipated to see,” Trump mentioned, though the nationwide common for fuel is nearer to $3 and state averages in areas with the most affordable gas nonetheless stay above $2.
DHS SHUTDOWN LOOMS AS JOHNSON NAVIGATES GOP DIVIDE OVER STOPGAP SOLUTIONS
President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Power One whereas flying to Washington, D.C. (Nathan Howard/Getty Pictures)
“However I did this going by the preliminary expression of drill, child, drill. Costs are coming down very strongly. And as goes gasoline and oil and fuel, so goes the remainder of different merchandise which are excessive … We inherited a large number, and we have introduced our nation again,” he continued.
When requested in regards to the partial shutdown over DHS funding, Trump mentioned it’s a “Democrat shutdown” that has “nothing to do with Republicans,” accusing Democrats of being upset with falling crime numbers, which he took credit score for, at the same time as knowledge reveals homicide and different violent crime had been on the decline in main cities earlier than his return to the White Home.
“It is a Democrat shutdown. This has nothing to do with Republicans, and Democrats shut down. They’re upset that the crime numbers are so good. They’re very sad that there is a motion,” he mentioned.
Republicans and Democrats have but to achieve a deal on Division of Homeland Safety funding to finish the partial authorities shutdown. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Submit by way of Getty Pictures)
Democrats have demanded stricter oversight and reforms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the deadly shootings final month of two U.S. residents by federal brokers in Minneapolis.
“They do not need voter ID as a result of they wish to cheat in elections,” the president added, referring to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act handed by the Home that may impose stricter necessities in federal elections for voters to show citizenship by means of picture ID and different documentation equivalent to a passport or start certificates, a measure Democrats have resisted together with in long-term funding payments.
“They do not need Mail-In ballots. They wish to finish mail-in ballots, and one different factor that [Republicans] are insisting on is proof of citizenship. And the Democrats do not wish to give proof of citizenship. They do not wish to give voter ID,” he added.
PARTIAL SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON AS DHS FUNDING TALKS STALL
President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the partial authorities shutdown. (Photograph by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
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Nonetheless, Trump mentioned he’s keen to satisfy with Democrats to debate a plan to finish the shutdown, however harassed that “now we have to guard our legislation enforcement” and that immigration officers have “achieved an ideal job” in eradicating “criminals that have been introduced in.”
The president additionally mentioned he would nonetheless give his State of the Union speech scheduled for subsequent week if there may be nonetheless a shutdown.
