@pbsnews: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is using the government shutdown to close "Democrat programs," saying the shutdown gives them the ability "to do things that we were unable to do before." "We're closing up programs that are Democrat programs that we wanted to close up or that we never wanted to happen," Trump said while speaking to reporters. "Now we're closing them up and we're not going to let them come back. "Trump added that a list of Democrat-backed programs that his administration plans to cut will be released on Friday. "We're not closing up Republican programs because we think they work," Trump added. "So the Democrats are getting killed, but they're not telling the people about that." The comments come as the federal shutdown heads into its third week. #pbsnewshour #newshour #pbsnews #DonaldTrump #trumpadministration #governmentshutdown #democrats #republicans
