Trump Addresses the Nation
President Donald Trump prepares to address the nation in Washington, D.C.
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This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site discusses President Trump’s continued comments on the ongoing government shutdown.
The central focus of the president’s speech was the need for border security. He explained that the federal government had shut down because Democrats have refused to allocate enough money in the budget for adequate border security. (To give some background: Trump has asked for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the southern border. Democratic legislators have refused to sign off on this, though they have already allocated $1.3 billion in the budget for border security.)
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