In reversal, White House shifts border wall funding demands, wants to avoid shutdown

A high stakes game of chicken continues.  With a federal government shutdown looming, the Trump administration appears to have blinked and now seems open to a possible compromise with Congress — with congressional funding for the border wall along the US/Mexico border.  CNN reports that “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders suggested [yesterday] that the White House has found an alternative way to get its requested $5 billion in funding for a US-Mexico border wall, marking a reversal from President Donald Trump’s previous position.”

KJ