00:00Trump blames Dems, compares shutdown fight to kamikaze attack.
00:04President Donald Trump is likening the federal government shutdown to a kamikaze attack.
00:09Trump spoke those words during a press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday, Newsweek reported.
00:16Trump responded to the question, what's your message to Democrats ahead of the next vote to open up the government?
00:22The president said the Democrats are to blame for the shutdown, accusing of being like insurrectionists.
00:28They're the ones that started it.
00:30It's almost like a kamikaze attack by them, Trump said.
00:34You want to know the truth?
00:36This is like a kamikaze attack.
00:38The shutdown has wreaked havoc by freezing non-essential services, closing national parks and causing disorder at airports.
00:45The shutdown started at midnight last Wednesday, when Democrat and Republican leaders could not reach an agreement on funding for the 2026 fiscal year.
00:54Trump also spoke about reports furloughed federal employees would not receive back pay.
00:58Again, Trump placed the blame on Democrats, adding some workers didn't deserve it.
01:04I would say it depends on who we're talking about.
01:08I can tell you this.
01:09The Democrats have put a lot of people in great risk and jeopardy, but it really depends on who you're talking about, Trump said.
01:16But for the most part, we're going to take care of our people.
01:19There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way.
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