美国总统川普仍然决心在美墨边界修建边界墙，不过他星期一表示，愿意等到今年晚些时候由国会考虑资助这一项目，而不是坚持将建墙费用纳入本周为避免政府停摆的谈判中。
美国政府目前运转所需要的开支计划，将在星期五午夜到期。川普与国会的谈判代表只有几天的时间就9月30日截至的财政拨款优先次序达成一致。
一名白宫官员后来证实，川普总统星期一在一次私下会议中告诉一些保守派记者，他可以等到今年9月再考虑建墙资金问题。
民主党人反对建墙计划，该党国会领导人欢迎川普总统的转变。
参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默说，“川普总统在磋商中拿掉建墙议题，对美国有利。现在两党磋商人员得以继续致力于解决遗留问题了” 。
U.S. President Donald Trump remains committed to building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but indicated Monday he is willing to wait until later this year for Congress to consider funding the project rather than insisting it be included in negotiations to avoid a government shut down this week.
The current spending plan for U.S. government operations runs out at midnight Friday, leaving Trump and congressional negotiators just days to reach an accord on funding priorities through the end of September.
In comments later confirmed by a White House official, Trump told a group of conservative journalists during a private meeting Monday that he could wait until September to reconsider funding for construction of the wall.
Democrats oppose the project, and the party’s leaders in Congress welcomed Trump’s shift.
“It’s good for the country that President Trump is taking the wall off the table in these negotiations,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. “Now the bipartisan negotiators can continue working on the outstanding issues.”