US President rules out declaring emergency on border wall issue

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(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency for now as a way of securing funds for a border wall and ending a partial government shutdown.

US President rules out declaring emergency on border wall issue - ảnh 1US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the White House on January 4, 2019

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US media said the White House was preparing for a national emergency allowing President Trump to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.

The 3-weeks government shutdown was on the verge of becoming the longest on record, overtaking the 21-day record set in 1995 under President Bill Clinton.  

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