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Donald Trump: “If we don't get border security after many, many years of talk within the United States, I would have no problem doing a…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2018
If we don't get border security after many, many years of talk within the United States, I would have no problem doing a shutdown. It's time we had proper border security. We're the laughingstock of the world.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Donald Trump threatens a government shutdown if he does not receive funding for border security.

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