{"id":412436,"date":"2017-08-23T07:10:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/23\/trump-vows-to-close-government-to-build-mexico-wall\/"},"modified":"2017-08-23T07:10:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:10:25","slug":"trump-vows-to-close-government-to-build-mexico-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/23\/trump-vows-to-close-government-to-build-mexico-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows to \u2018close government\u2019 to build Mexico wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has vowed to close down the government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>The US president told supporters at a \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d rally in Phoenix, Arizona, that the opposition Democrats were being \u201cobstructionist\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>During the 80-minute speech, he also took aim at the media, blaming them for giving far right groups \u201ca platform\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But he selectively quoted his initial response to violence at a far-right rally that left one woman dead.<\/p>\n<p>He omitted the controversial claim that\u00a0<strong>\u201cmany sides\u201d had to shoulder the blame<\/strong>for violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>In his wide-ranging speech, Mr Trump also said he thought he would \u201cprobably end up terminating Nafta\u201d, the trade deal with Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>On North Korea, the president sounded a hopeful note about the possibility of a reduction in tensions over Pyongyang\u2019s missile tests and nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Mr Trump said: \u201cI respect the fact that he is starting to respect us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd maybe \u2013 probably not, but maybe \u2013 something positive can come about,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>But while his comments were met with cheers inside the conference centre, anti-Trump protesters who had gathered outside the rally clashed with police after the rally had finished.<\/p>\n<p>Police deployed tear gas after the protesters threw bottles and rocks, Reuters news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump began and finished his speech by urging the American people to come together.<\/p>\n<p>But he quickly turned on familiar foes, beginning with the media, which he said had misrepresented his \u201cperfect\u201d words in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, where Heather Heyer was killed after a car ploughed into a crowd of people protesting against far-right demonstrators including neo-Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>He accused \u201ctruly dishonest people in the media and the fake media\u201d of \u201ctrying to take away our history and heritage\u201d because, he said, they \u201cdon\u2019t like our country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He quoted his own initial public response to what happened in Charlottesville.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what I said on Saturday: \u2018We\u2019re closely following the terrible events unfolding in Charlottesville, Virginia,\u2019 \u2013 this is me speaking. \u2018We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence.\u2019 That\u2019s me speaking on Saturday, right after the event,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But what he actually said on 12 August was: \u201cWe condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump\u2019s attention then turned to immigration, and to the Democrats who he said were \u201cputting all of America\u2019s safety at risk\u201d by opposing the wall he wants to build along the US\u2019s southern border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Donald Trump has vowed to close down the government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border. The US president told supporters at a \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d rally in Phoenix, Arizona, that the opposition Democrats were being \u201cobstructionist\u201d. 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