Trump: Democrats are looking to extend the government shutdown – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to RCO News Agency, quoted by Al Jazeera, Donald Trump attacked the Democrats because of the continued shutdown of the government.

Trump urged Republicans to change voting rules in Congress to end the government shutdown, despite opposition from Democrats.

He accused Democrats of seeking to prolong the government shutdown in order to make electoral gains and gain more seats in Congress.

Trump said: Democrats are crazy; They want to give trillions of dollars to illegal immigrants, many of whom are in prison, and we will not allow that.

It should be mentioned that the federal government has been closed since October 1 (October 9) due to the inability of Congress to approve a temporary budget.

Democrats have announced the extension of health care subsidies until the end of the year as a condition of reopening the government, but Republicans say they will negotiate on this issue only after the government reopens.

As a result of this impasse, about 750,000 federal employees have gone on mandatory leave, and another group continues to work without pay. The Trump administration has announced that military personnel, law enforcement officers, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have received their final paychecks.

However, the government shutdown will soon have more serious consequences for the general public, as the nutrition assistance program faces a funding shortfall next Saturday. The US Department of Agriculture has announced that it cannot use the $5.5 billion emergency reserve fund to continue this program; Therefore, food aid payments will stop in states that are unable to make up the shortfall.