WASHINGTON—Three years and a government shutdown later, it is still not clear how much U.S. President Donald Trump cares about building a giant wall on the Mexican border. Polls have consistently shown that many more Americans blame Trump than Democrats for the shutdown. Eighteen days into the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history, Trump has no easy way out of a standoff the numbers suggest he is losing. Seeking to shift the public conversation, Trump gave a prime-time televised speech on the wall on Tuesday night. The shutdown has denied pay to about 800,000 federal workers, some on involuntary leave and some working without pay.

Source: thestar January 09, 2019 00:31 UTC