Trump lashes out at legislators trying to avoid a government shutdown

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Washington.- On the verge of breaking last-minute efforts to avoid a government shutdown, the White House hinted on Thursday that President Donald Trump will not accept a crucial agreement on expenditures because it does not include billions of dollars for "steel plates." or a wall "on the border with Mexico.

Trump himself lashed out at Republican leaders via Twitter after a telephone conversation with the president of the lower house, Republican Paul Ryan, AP said.

Then the press secretary said in a statement that the president "does not want to advance without security at the border," including funds for the wall.

Trump, who was the subject of bitter criticism by some Republican party members for "capitulating" in the matter of funds for the wall, expected to meet with legislators from his party at noon and continued to "study his options," the White House statement said.

While Republican lawmakers struggled to get the votes before midnight Friday, Trump began to whip his leaders for not giving him the $ 5 billion he had asked for the wall.

Ryan had promised to give a "great battle" after the November elections, but as the Republicans lost most in the chamber, the protagonists of the negotiations over the year-end spending law were Trump and the Democratic leadership. .

"The leadership promised me the Border Wall and Security," Trump tweeted after speaking with Ryan during a morning meeting of Republican lawmakers.

"It would be a fact for the end of the year (NOW). It did not happen! Like fools, we fight for Border Security from other countries, but not our beloved USA. " Not well!"

The day's agenda fell into chaos. Republican leaders abruptly canceled a morning press conference when lawmakers left a meeting and went to the venue to discuss other issues. No vote was called.

The head of the Democratic bloc Nancy Pelosi, the main candidate for the presidency of the chamber when her party takes control on January 3, said that "the Republicans have fallen into confusion. The financing of the wall has no support. "

The provisional funding project would keep the government running until February 8, but some Republican lawmakers say it's better to fight for the wall now, before turning over the majority to the Democrats.

Faced with the fierce criticism of some figures of the right-wing press, they do not want to leave without giving a final fight for the wall.