“I am using my authority to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available resources to PAY our troops on October 15. We have appropriated funds for this purpose and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS,” Trump wrote in a message on his Truth Social platform.
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The US Constitution states that the President of the United States is also the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.
Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress failed to reach a budget agreement before the deadline last week. As a result, the federal government is closed. As a result, civil servants are not paid and many government services have come to a standstill.
In his message on Truth Social, Trump once again blamed Democrats for the shutdown, which has now entered its eleventh day. “I will not allow the Democrats to hold our military, and the entire security of our country, HOSTAGE with their dangerous government shutdown. The radical left Democrats must OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to tackle healthcare and many other issues they want to destroy.”
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Democrats blame Republicans for being responsible for maintaining the shutdown by not wanting to extend expiring health care subsidies.