Washington, Dec 18, 2024 (AFP) - Trump opposes deal to avert government shutdown: statement

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2024-12-19

US president-elect Donald Trump came out Wednesday against a mammoth package allocating funding to avert a fast-approaching US government shutdown after a trove of spending added to the text ballooned costs, outraging conservatives. Suggesting that concessions to Democrats in the bill were "a betrayal of our country," Trump said in a joint statement with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance: "Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH. If Democrats threaten......

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