President Trump on Tuesday told House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a meeting that he is willing to shut down the government over border wall funding and take the blame for it. "I will be the one to shut it down," Trump said, also saying he'd be "proud" to do so. The two top Democrats met with Trump in an attempt to avert a partial shutdown next week over the $5 billion or more Trump is demanding for his proposed border wall with Mexico. Trump reiterated his ownership of a shutdown after the meeting, saying that "if we have to close down the country over border security, I actually like that in terms of an issue."

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