As President Trump declared at the White House that “the border's going to be closed” if no deal is reached, Senate Majority Leader McConnell declared on Capitol Hill that such a move “would have potentially catastrophic economic impact on our country.”
"If we don't make a deal with Congress, the border's going to be closed," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. "100 percent."Joshua Roberts / ReutersGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Jonathan Allen and Rebecca Shabad
"If we don't make a deal with Congress, the border's going to be closed," he told reporters in the Oval Office."100 percent." "Closing down the border would have potentially catastrophic economic impact on our country, and I would hope we would not be doing that sort of thing," McConnell said, noting that he agrees with the president that there is"a border crisis.
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