President Trump said on Tuesday there may be a lot of layoffs in the federal government if Congress doesn’t act to prevent a shutdown by the end of day, blaming the Democrats for a potential lapse in funding.

“Well, we may do a lot and that’s only because of the Democrats,” Trump said when asked how many federal workers he plans to lay off in the event of a shutdown.

Trump also blamed Democrats for illegal immigration, repeating his arguments that Democrats want to give health care benefits to migrants. Trump has sought to make this debate central to the shutdown fight, though the only demands from Democrats have........

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