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		</div><p>Donald Trump has kept his hard line on the partial government shutdown, now in a fourth week over his insistence on billions of dollars for a wall at the US-Mexico border.</p>
<p><em>“When it comes to keeping the American people safe, I will never, ever back down,”</em> the president said, repeating his view that the wall is needed on both security and humanitarian grounds.</p>
<p>He was speaking to farmers at a convention in New Orleans.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Trump Delivers Remarks at the American Farm Bureau Federation&#39;s 100th Annual Convention <a href="https://t.co/tMWj5zj3K0">https://t.co/tMWj5zj3K0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1084884171229519872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>As Congress returned to Washington for a second week of legislative business since House control reverted to Democrats, the shutdown hit day 24, affecting federal workers and services.</p>
<p>Mr Trump has demanded 5.7 billion dollars (£4.4 billion) for his long-promised wall, while Democrats, who oppose the wall as both immoral and ineffective, insist he reopen the government before they negotiate further border security.</p>
<p>Before leaving for the speech, Mr Trump said he had dismissed a proposal from Republican senator Lindsey Graham to reopen the government for several weeks and continue dealing with Democrats over money for the wall.</p>
<p><em>“I did reject it, yes,”</em> he said. <em>“I’m not interested. I want to get it solved. I don’t want to just delay it.”</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nancy and Cryin’ Chuck can end the Shutdown in 15 minutes. At this point it has become their, and the Democrats, fault!</p>
<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1084788796011491330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>He also backed further away from the idea of declaring a national emergency as an escape hatch, saying: <em>“I’m not looking to call a national emergency. This is so simple we shouldn’t have to.”</em></p>
<p>From the White House, he argued he alone was ready to negotiate, noting that a group of House and Senate Democrats were touring hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.</p>
<p><em>“A lot of the Democrats were in Puerto Rico celebrating something. I don’t know, maybe they’re celebrating the shutdown,”</em> he said.</p>
<p>Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer were not on the trip to Puerto Rico. Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill tweeted: <em>“Speaker Pelosi has been in DC all weekend working from the Capitol.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Trump asserted weeks ago that he would “own” the shutdown, and polls show he is taking most of the blame from Americans, but he now blames his political foes.</p>
<p>He targeted Ms Pelosi and Mr Schumer on Twitter, arguing that the shutdown <em>“has become their, and the Democrats, fault!”</em></p>
<p>He has kept Washington on edge over whether he would resort to an emergency declaration, citing what he says is a “crisis” of drug smuggling and the trafficking of women and children at the border.</p>
<p>The president initially sounded as though such a move was imminent, but then pulled back. He has said several times since he first mentioned the idea in public this month that he prefers a legislative solution.</p>
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