Trump promised to shut down the government if Congress did not pay for the wall with Mexico

US President Donald Trump has pledged to shut down the government if Congress refuses to pay for his proposed border on Mexico.

The billionaire also accused his critics of trying to erase the story, writes the Financial Times. In the city of Phoenix, Arizona, where he made his first major election speech on immigration, Trump delivered a new speech. He criticized the media, accusing them of trying to break into the country amid collisions in the town of Charlottesville, Virginia, where a man fired a car into a group of citizens protesting against racism.

"They're trying to take away our story and our legacy," Trump said, adding, "You see it," paying attention to the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and ABC News.  Trump urges Congress to fund his controversial plan to build a "big, beautiful" wall along the US border with Mexico to deter illegal immigrants. The Republican Party, who supported it in the presidential election, said he would need the Democratic support to secure funding through a government bill. Republicans, however, doubt the Democrats to support the idea. In his speech, Trump explained that the Democratic Party "puts at risk the security of the whole of America", opposing the wall. He added that, according to immigration officials working in the area of ​​this border, the wall is "vital" to stop the flow of illegal immigrants.