February 13, 2019 8:59 PM

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Donald Trump not happy with border security deal

<span style="color: #222222;">US President Donald Trump has said, he was not happy with the border security deal reached by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He, however, expressed openness to the agreement to avert another government shutdown. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">At a cabinet meeting in the White House, he suggested that he will find sources of money other than Congress for controversial wall along the US-Mexican border.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The US President was responding to a deal struck by Republican and Democratic lawmakers to offer nearly 1.4 billion dollar for wall construction, as well as other border security measures. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The lawmakers entered into the agreement to prevent another government shutdown after Friday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The funding offer was far less than the 5.7 billion dollar Trump demanded last year when he triggered a record partial government shutdown that lasted 35 days.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The federal government shutdown cost the US economy 11 billion dollars.</span><br />''  

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