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Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker-Designate Nancy Pelosi

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    Eleven days before the funding lapse, Trump said that if he did not obtain the border-security terms he wanted he would shut down the government, would take responsibility and would not blame congressional Democrats.

    December 11 transcript, exchange beginning 'if we do not get what we want' through 'take the mantle of shutting down'

    CBO estimates the five-week shutdown left $3 billion unrecovered and delayed $18 billion in spending · Shutdown ended; CBO retrospective estimates remain separate and nonadditive