Trump, who suggested the shutdown could last months or a year, displayed woeful ignorance of the plight of federal employees at this press conference Friday when he said feds would encourage him to "keep going" with the shutdown, because his obsession with a border wall "is far more important" that a fully operational government.
The Trump administration often pumps up numbers linking crime and terrorism to immigration, and now their exaggerated figures are at the center of a government shutdown.
But a two-page letter from the White House to congressional leaders provided new details on Trump's position, which has largely been ultimatums and tweets amid stalled negotiations with Democrats.
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