Trump: A government shutdown could bring "many benefits," will dismiss federal employees and cancel projects favored by Democrats

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump stated that a government shutdown could bring "many benefits," and threatened that if Congress does not meet the demands before the midnight funding deadline, he will dismiss federal workers and cancel projects favored by Democrats.

On Tuesday, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, "We can get rid of a lot of things we don't want, and those things are all from the Democrats, who just can't learn. So we have no choice. I have to do this for the country."