US shutdown: Trump shows no signs of budging on wall funds demand
2019-01-03 09:52:05 source：The Aljazeera
January 3, 2019
Donald Trump showed no signs on budging on his demand for border wall funding on Wednesday, the 12th day of a partial federal government shutdown.
The shutdown, which began on December 22, was triggered by the Republican president's demand for more than $5bn to fund a wall on the US's southern border.
Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the shutdown could last a "long time", adding that the wall is "too important of a subject to walk away from".
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