Trump Threatens to <br />Close Southern Border 'Entirely' President Donald Trump <br />made the threats via <br />Twitter early Friday morning. Democrats and some Republicans <br />have rejected Trump's demand <br />for $5 billion to fund a wall <br />on the U.S., Mexico border. The threat to close the border <br />comes as the U.S. enters <br />the seventh day of a partial <br />government shutdown. A second tweet from Trump <br />claimed that a border closure <br />would be a "profit making <br />operation" for the U.S. In 2017, a reported $558 billion <br />worth of goods crossed both <br />sides of the U.S., Mexico border. Trump concluded his Friday <br />series of tweets by writing <br />that the U.S. is shuttering aid to <br />three Central American countries.
