Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump intende chiedere al Congresso nella sua proposta di bilancio 2020, 8,6 miliardi di dollari in più per finanziare la costruzione di un muro al confine con il Messico. Lo hanno riferito i media locali, citando fonti dell’amministrazione statunitense.

Questa richiesta potrebbe tradursi in un nuovo scontro tra il presidente e il Congresso degli Stati Uniti. I disaccordi di Trump con i Democratici sulla questione del muro di confine hanno già portato ad una chiusura record di 35 giorni di governo che si è conclusa a gennaio.

US President Donald Trump intends to ask Congress in his 2020 budget request, which is to be released on Monday, for extra $8.6 billion to fund the construction of a wall on the US border with Mexico, local media reported, citing sources in the US administration.

Trump is expected to ask for additional $5 billion to finance activities of the Department of Homeland Security and $3.6 billion for the Defense Department’s military construction budget, according to The Washington Post newspaper. This request could result in a new round of confrontation between the president and US Congress, the daily noted.

Trump’s disagreements with the Democrats on the border wall issue have already resulted in a record 35-day government shutdown that ended in January.

In February, Congress passed a bipartisan appropriations bill that provided the Trump administration with $1.375 billion for a border wall, which was short from the initial $5.7 billion requested by the president. However, Trump used the executive action to bypass Congress and secure up to $8 billion in US federal funds to install 234 miles of steel barriers along the country’s 1,950-mile border with Mexico.