{"id":84357,"date":"2018-12-28T18:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T16:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/?p=84357"},"modified":"2018-12-28T19:09:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:09:28","slug":"trump-threatens-to-close-border-stop-trade-cut-aid-unless-wall-is-funded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/2018\/12\/28\/trump-threatens-to-close-border-stop-trade-cut-aid-unless-wall-is-funded\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens to close border, stop trade, cut aid unless wall is funded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dbebbc8e642739d63d7417ce1893e709\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Beautiful Ads -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7527341994815378\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3477329686\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Trump threatens to close border, stop trade, cut aid unless wall is funded<\/h1>\n<div class=\"author-byline\">\n<div class=\"author-headshot\">\n<div class=\"m\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/340\/340\/i-8dn8554-xl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Adam Shaw\" width=\"77\" height=\"77\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/s\/adam-shaw\">Adam Shaw<\/a><span class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0| Fox News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=5984160095001&#038;w=466&#038;h=263\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">President Trump warned\u00a0Friday that if Democrats do not agree to his demands to fund a wall on the southern border, he will \u201cclose the Southern border entirely\u201d\u00a0and cut aid to Central American countries &#8212; while pulling back on trade with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cWe will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall &amp; also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with,\u201d he tweeted Friday morning. \u201cHard to believe there was a Congress &amp; President who would approve!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall &amp; also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with. Hard to believe there was a Congress &amp; President who would approve!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1078625779670503426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tweetstorm came amid the partial government shutdown that will soon enter\u00a0its second week.\u00a0The closures began last Saturday after Republicans and Democrats were unable to agree on a funding package that would keep the government open and fund Trump\u2019s promised border wall. Trump has demanded $5 billion for the barrier, but Democrats have refused, instead offering $1.3 billion for general border security.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With both sides refusing to budge and little activity on Capitol Hill amid the holiday break, there are no signs of the impasse ending anytime soon. One member of the House Republican leadership told Fox News on Thursday that a resolution may not emerge until the new year.<\/p>\n<p>But on Friday, Trump not only renewed his demands for the wall, but threatened numerous consequences in the absence of that money. He even suggested pulling back on the\u00a0recently renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which now goes by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States looses [sic] soooo much money on Trade with Mexico under NAFTA, over 75 Billion Dollars a year (not including Drug Money which would be many times that amount), that I would consider closing the Southern Border a &#8216;profit making operation,'&#8221;\u00a0he tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8230;.The United States looses soooo much money on Trade with Mexico under NAFTA, over 75 Billion Dollars a year (not including Drug Money which would be many times that amount), that I would consider closing the Southern Border a \u201cprofit making operation.\u201d We build a Wall or&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1078632205210058752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBring our car industry back into the United States where it belongs. Go back to pre-NAFTA, before so many of our companies and jobs were so foolishly sent to Mexico,\u201d he carried on. \u201cEither we build (finish) the Wall or we close the Border.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8230;..close the Southern Border. Bring our car industry back into the United States where it belongs. Go back to pre-NAFTA, before so many of our companies and jobs were so foolishly sent to Mexico. Either we build (finish) the Wall or we close the Border&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1078634025412116480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He then said\u00a0the U.S.\u00a0would terminate aid with Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, which he said are doing \u201cnothing for the United States but taking our money,\u201d and referred to reports that another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-new-migrant-caravan-20181227-story.html\">caravan of migrants<\/a>\u00a0hoping to get to the U.S. is planning on leaving Honduras in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWord is that a new Caravan is forming in Honduras and they are doing nothing about it. We will be cutting off all aid to these 3 countries &#8211; taking advantage of U.S. for years!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Trump has previously threatened to shut down the border, but took no action to do so following those threats. He also previously threatened to cut\u00a0aid to countries that\u00a0assist, or do nothing to stop, the caravans. But earlier this month, the U.S. pledged a total of $10.6 billion in aid and investment for Central America and southern Mexico &#8212; as part of a push to promote better security and job opportunities so that Central Americans and Mexicans do not have to emigrate to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-secretary-nielsen-announces-deal-with-mexico-to-overhaul-asylum-process-combat-catch-and-release\">NIELSEN ANNOUNCES DEAL WITH MEXICO TO OVERHAUL ASYLUM PROCESS, COMBAT &#8216;CATCH AND RELEASE&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A cut-off of trade relations with Mexico could also risk a new agreement that DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced this month that calls for immigrants claiming asylum in the U.S. to be returned to Mexico as their cases are processed.<\/p>\n<p>Mick Mulvaney, Trump\u2019s incoming acting chief of staff, claimed Friday on \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d that it appeared Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is interested in a deal but Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi is preventing it. He alleged Democrats are not dealing because Pelosi is waiting until she secures the speakership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t think they will [negotiate] until after the new Congress is sworn in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But Pelosi has denied claims they haven&#8217;t provided a counteroffer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Democrats have offered Republicans three options to re-open government that all include funding for strong, sensible, and effective border security \u2013 but not the President&#8217;s immoral, ineffective and expensive wall,&#8221; said Drew Hammill, Pelosi&#8217;s deputy chief of staff. &#8220;With the House Majority, Democrats will act swiftly to end the Trump Shutdown, and will fight for a strategic, robust national security policy, including strong and smart border security, and strong support for our servicemembers and veterans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News\u2019 Chad Pergram and The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\"><i>Adam Shaw is a reporter covering U.S. and European politics for Fox News.. He can be reached\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:adam.shaw@foxnews.com\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read full story Here &gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-threatens-to-close-border-terminate-trade-deals-cut-aid-unless-wall-is-funded\">https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-threatens-to-close-border-terminate-trade-deals-cut-aid-unless-wall-is-funded<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump threatens to close border, stop trade, cut aid unless wall is funded By\u00a0Adam&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeknewsondemand.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}