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ALJAZ Inside Story 2018 Ep 20 January 21, 2018

The northern peruvian city. The headlines on inside story is coming up next. These stand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Aljazeera. The u. S. Government shuts down over a failed budget deal of the day President Trump celebrates his first year in Office Workers are told to stay home democrats and republicans trade insults but whos willing to blame and what does it mean for Trumps Administration this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program husham obama Donald Trumps first Year Anniversary as u. S. President was certainly go down in history it was the day the Government Shutdown congress failed to back a bill to fund federal agencies hundreds of thousands of government workers are affected some would stay home because their offices will be closed others will work without pay republicans and democrats blame each other for not reaching a last minute deal talks broke down over issues related to immigrants and Border Security with talks on gas shortly but first particle hang with us from washington d. C. This is not the anniversary any leader wants to have it was exactly one year ago when donald trump made this promise and became president we will face challenges we will confront hardships but we will get the job done he vowed government would work again its clear with this. It isnt republicans who control the congress and the white house lost four of their own members but picked up five democrats still not enough to pass the bill that means many nonessential Government Employees wont be coming to work on monday without a deal although most essential federal services will continue the employees just wont get paid until its over it came down to this a program that was in place to protect children brought into this country without documentation President Trump threw it out and said congress should fix it he promised to help if we do this properly docket you know its so far away from comprehensive Immigration Reform and if you want to take that further step ill take the heat i dont care i dont care ill take all the heat you want to get. They brought him a bipartisan deal and he refused to sign it so democrats refused to help pass the budget now the white house is saying they still have the weekend to work out a deal i think it will be taken care of the money i can thats why i just said i think i really think theres a really good. That the for the for the office of the future for now it is a standoff a functioning government held hostage well two parties wait to see which side the public will blame for the very dysfunction that trump promised to end exactly one year ago what weve just witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by Senate Democrats or shovel. Millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games a Government Shutdown was one hundred percent avoidable this will be called the trump shutdown because there is no one no one who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than President Trump. Aljazeera washington. Lets have a look at what a Government Shutdown means as of saturday hundreds of thousands of Government Employees will stay home on unpaid leave others will work without pay National Parks and monuments may be closed visa and passport processing could be delayed but essential Services Related to National Security and domestic safety will remain functional the failure of the two sides to reach a deal on funding is mainly due to immigration the democrats want of the new bill to include protection for undocumented immigrants into the u. S. As children in september trump and their program agreed by former president barack obama granting them temporary legal status and some republicans are not convinced by trumps funding demands for new border controls including his proposed mexican wall so hosed ford is it republicans and democrats are pointing the finger of blame at each other the white house issued this statement Senate Democrats own the show shut down tonight to put politics above our National Security and military families fundable children and our countrys ability to serve all americans where were not negotiate the status of a lawful immigrants while democrats hold our norful citizens hostage over their reckless demands this is the behavior of obstruction ist losers not legislators the last shutdown was into thousand and thirteen and lasted for sixteen days donald trump blamed the then president barack obama for the standoff this is what he said in an interview to fox news the problems start from the top and have to get solved from the top the president is the leader and has got to get everybody in a room and has got to lead lets bring in our panel joining us. From lubbock in texas oliver mcgee who has publicly support of President Trump and previously worked as assistant transportation secretary and president clinton from london in the chairman of the Obama Research network at City University of london and from lancaster which are johnson who lassers in u. S. Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University welcome to you all let me start by asking mr magoo this how did we get to this point a Government Shutdown. Well as secretary of defense madison today. Keep steady as you go stay on course and stay alert this is really oh about trying to protect the guns of the money. The Defense Department going to stay pretty much so on track on National Security and also to protect the law and order what we might call john locks life liberty or property in the department of justice most of those boys are going to be on permanent appropriations appropriate permanent compensation and not appropriations but we got here because. Chuck schumer wanted to really push this negotiation towards dacca theyre really looking to establish a base for twenty eighty and to also pressure the president in trying to bend just a little bit on dakka at this moment but the president faced a real tough first to go she should because when they really take out the wall thats a battle best alternative to walk away and so when President Trump was campaigning and he was campaigning for every forty eight hours to ten thousand people he was just simply say that you know we got to build a wall or else and so thats going to be a no deal if that doesnt happen the place thats really how we got ok and so forth and suppose its rare to have a shutdown when the the president his his his policy controls both chambers the congress the house and the senate is it a defining political divide over us to came paul is the main reason why we got to this point of a shutdown. I think it is quite rare and i think therefore that pushes the responsibility for the final decision to shut down towards the dominant party and the dominant party in this case is playing a short game as well as a long game in my view i think the short game is really to to divorce the ducker the dreamers issue from what of the other issues from the other issues and i dont you know ill take up the point that mr magee made which is that actually the democrats had gone a long way towards meeting many of the demands that the trumpet ministration had put forward on the mexican wall for for example earlier in the process accepting to pay up to eighteen billion dollars toward the building of the wall with an immediate down payment of Something Like one and a half billion and then an agreement on a more ice agents and even on military spending increases so i think in the end this plays into the longer game i think the trumpet ministration has been playing and i think that is much more to do with what american identity in particular is kind of a racial identity is really all about and i think controlling immigration increasing deportations and the kind of comments that President Trump made in a previous meeting where he said that people from africa and places like that are not really welcome they want more people who look like norwegians and i think that is the big game that theyre playing and the dreamers issue therefore was a big Sticking Point i think they want to make a big political point so the people playing a political game are really i think this is a Republican Party but it also shows us the democrats are willing to go a long long long way to compromise and theyre still not getting anything mr johnson is darker with shields young immigrants from depreciation the main obstacle to a bipartisan bill or do you think the dockets of has been sort of manipulated for by both parties to further their political agenda. Well i think this is the Sticking Point in this negotiation and its interesting that the democrats are sort of staking the future of the continued government funding on. Polls have showed that a majority of americans think its more important to keep to new government funding than the dark a program and so that the democrats are speaking to their electoral base who care about arca of course those who are affected by the darker program themselves cant vote its about affects about eight hundred thousand as normal u. S. Citizens and so i wonder if the democrats are playing this high stakes gamble which is what it is because they sense a degree of weakness from President Trump perhaps President Trump is some of the blame here because he sent mixed signals and so perhaps Chuck Schumers willing to stick his neck out because he believes that President Trump might might budge he might make a concession on this. So well see in the next few days what happens but i think that it is i think at the core of the of the thats the issue ok speaking of duck under some again this is what the democrats are saying that the basically they were willing forward to move ahead with the bill and that everything was fine until the establishment the republican is. Started sending very mixed signals about doc does the need to wait until march the fifth while the democrats were saying give us a deal of the dhaka well give you a deal on the immigration. I think the republicans are very right that they want to have a little bit more time to talk about this i can totally agree with the Republican Party that they want to push his out to march the back is a very very difficult issue to determine and to resolve for america and more importantly the republicans are like the. Regrets are looking at the polls and as my colleague said the American People were not as strong a bit baccy just a push ahead and an immediate head on baca without having a thoughtful conversation with the American People about Immigration Reform serious image Immigration Reform and this is also going to set the stage on how we look at Immigration Reform across International Borders particularly as were trying to keep up with this Fast International markets basically as i said before many times even theresa may is happy in this type of debate in trying to establish cracks it because International Borders and interNational Security is very much so tied to prosperity across the nation states and right now the nation states are basically interested in International Trade good free trade that will create jobs and also keeping up with this economy donald trump is over seaven at thirty one percent increase in the dow in its first year and thats a blart has increased in the doubt since f. D. R. In one nine hundred thirty three so what we saw back then we had to make some transformative changes in what america was and so now americas making another transformational change in America First and America First as he said it was inaugural address last year was really about securing our borders but also securing our markets and at the same time communicating exclusively with the American People to get them what they need and want and while were trying to also advance and get like understanding of science and technology so they could be able to gauge the markets as well and also to be able to gauge ok chops this that this arrangement to another full of questions a duck a thing give us a pama the the republicans are saying that if they democrats were genuine about the need to have. A shutdown they could have waited until last the the fifth how urgent is a dud fix does it need to be solved now or can it wait until the last the fifth. Well its quite clear that one my colleague at lancaster said that there is a political game being played by both sides and their attempt to exploited certain vulnerability obviously or a Government Shutdown is a very very significant Major Political issue and and in terms of the people who are going to be paid or not and this issue could possibly wait but when you caesar see an opportunity of this type clearly political operators are going to try to take it but i think they are playing a political game and is not theirs if the republicans arent i mean they threw in the Child Health Insurance program as a kind of extra incentive in order really to derail this as well so i think to some extent the shutdown was something which both sides are willing to risk in order to get through the kind of things that they want and overall i think theyre very much closer to an agreement overall then they would appear to be and this is a very dramatic kind of stand out of him but in the big picture the democrats have gone closer to the republicans mr johnson if this is a political game what if it backfires ninety ninety six two thousand and thirteen the republicans tried the same tactic it really backfired is there any potential for this to backfire on the democrats who would be ultimately seen by the americas of the we an impediment to this deal. Well i think the democrats could be playing with fire here five as as report noted five Democratic Senators actually voted with republicans to continue the government funding these are senators who represent states that President Trump one in twenty sixteen and they are up for election this year states like missouri West Virginia north dakota indiana and so those senators are polling suggests that in those states those senators will be getting the blame if the government doesnt continue with the funding and the darker. Issue is not one that really resonates with voters in those states those states tend to have low immigrant low minority populations by and large and so while this may play well in states like california and texas for the democrats it may help them in some of the house elections it could ultimately hurt them in holding some seats in the Senate Elections in november with some. Article about two days ago where he said basically that trump is riding this wave of unprecedented Economic Reforms that president is born in the market and that therefore that he will continue to why that wave of popularity Chuck Schumer is the Senate Minority leader said yesterday that the. Shutdown is an example of how dysfunctional and inefficient the Trump Administration it is he says one word but the other leaders of the senate and the house is Something Different isnt this something that the American People will end up believing. Well Chuck Schumer is actually talking like and efficient leader he is really about the counting the dimes and nickels and quarters in the Purse Strings that the should but donald trump is really looking in the realm of american dignity he is acting in aceh putting a message out there dignity over efficiency hes saying that america populism is prosperity but also International Populism is also International Prosperity so as he builds america and makes her strong hes going to take that message out abroad and thats going to be permeating across because americas markets cant grow without the International Markets or in partnership with them but also american tree has to work with International Trade and the key thing i

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