WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump abandoned a threat to shut down the US government Friday, signing off on a budget despite being “unhappy” with many of its provisions – and warning he won’t back anything similar ever again. A visibly aggrieved Trump capped another anarchic week by approving a $1.3 trillion deal by the Republican-controled Congress, just hours after threatening to veto it. I was thinking about doing the veto,” Trump said. Trump himself cancelled the de facto amnesty – known as DACA – but has repeatedly tried to pin the blame on Democrats. Trump “needs to drop his wildly reckless veto threats” and sign the bill, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said.

Source: New Strait Times March 24, 2018 00:00 UTC