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    TRUMP: THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BECOMES LONGEST IN HISTORY


    TRUMP: THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BECOMES LONGEST IN HISTORY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

    The United States government shutdown has left over 800 000 federal employees without paying them salaries as President Trump’s row with Democrats over constructing Mexico border wall entered a record 22nd day Saturday.The Democrats refusal are to approve $5.7b ordered by Donald Trump for construction of  wall project has immobilized Washington, with the president react by refusing to sign off on budgets for swaths of government departments unrelated to the dispute.As the result, workers as manifold as FBI agents, air traffic controllers and museum staff, did not receive allocation on Friday.The shutdown of the government has became the longest on record at Friday midnight (05:00 GMT) Saturday, when it overtook the 21days stretch in 1995 to 1996, under President Bill Clinton.On Friday Donald Trump backed off a series of previous warning to end the checkmate by declaring a national emergency and attempting to secure the funds without approval of the congregations.President Donald Trump at a White House meeting said, "I’m not going to do it so fast". Donald Trump described an emergency declaration as "easy way out" and he said that Congress had to step up to the responsibility of approving the $5.7b.President Trump insisted that "If they can’t do it… I will declare a national emergency. I have the absolute right". Until now, Donal Trump had suggested several times that he was getting closer to taking the controversial decision.Minutes earlier, powerful Republican ally Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted after he speaks with Donald Trump: “Mr. President, Declare a national emergency now.”

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