President Donald Trump said Monday night he isn’t worried that Americans might turn against him and Republicans if the federal government shuts down this week, commenting that “people that are smart” know what’s going on and accusing Democrats of being “deranged.”
The administration had signaled earlier Monday that it might consider the proposal if Democrats first agreed to pass a stopgap spending bill, but by evening, Trump ruled out concessions tied to health coverage for people in the country illegally, reports Politico.
“They want to destroy healthcare in America by giving it to millions and millions of illegal aliens,” Trump told the outlet Monday, hours after he and congressional leaders met at the White House in an 11th-hour bid to avert a shutdown.
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