35 days in length, US President, Donald Trump held a closed large parts of the government, because he demanded from Congress the money for the construction of a border wall. On Friday night, he gave in and agreed to a temporary lifting of the shutdown, and have from the Democrats is a commitment for the $ 5.7 billion he demanded for the wall.
Specifically, Trump in the rose garden of the White house, announced that he was going to a temporary budget resolution that funded the government for three weeks. A non-partisan Committee with representatives from both Congress chambers to subsequently negotiate in that time, a package of legislation, the additional funds for border security.
land at New York airport
stopped To view Trumps such a package must include, in any case, money for a wall. “Walls should not be controversial,” he said. As a compromise in Congress might look like, but is currently open. The Democrats were the last for additional funds for border guards, drones, Sensors and other technical means, rejected the construction of a wall, however. The new Committee set up on 15. February, no agreement, wants to impose Trump, at best, a national state of emergency and direct the military contract to build a wall. Such a decision would land with a large probability in court.
During his appearance, Trump did not, why did he move away after a week-long, toxic debate with the Democrats suddenly from his Position. All the polls had shown that the majority of Americans saw the blame for the Shutdown on the President. In addition, the consequences of the budget have been lock last always significant: On Friday, the US authorities stopped for a short time, the landings at New York’s LaGuardia airport, because in the control center, there was plenty of staff available. Elsewhere on the US East coast it came to delays in air traffic.
“hundreds of thousands of workers as hostages
In the right-hand-stock” responded several commentators with anger at trump’s departure from his Position. “Good news for George H. W. Bush”, tweeted about the influential publicist, Ann Coulter, the Trump relentlessly for the construction of a border wall urges: “Since today, he is the biggest wimp to ever be President of the United States.”
“I hope he has learned his lesson,” minority leader Chuck Schumer with majority leader Nancy Pelosi in Washington. (16. January 2019) photo: AP
The Democrats were satisfied. The end of the shutdown was a big relief for all those Federal employees that had to get along without a salary, said Chuck Schumer, leader of the Opposition in the Senate. “We must reach an agreement on the border, without hundreds of thousands of workers as hostages to be held.” To the address of Trump Schumer: “I hope said he has learned his lesson.”
The speaker of the house of representatives, Nancy Pelosi, announced that in the non-partisan Committee to find a solution. Give it to the Republicans in Congress a large enough intersection for a Deal. It was “sad” that it took until the end of the shutdown so long.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 25.01.2019, 22:16 PM