Questions about whether he would actually shut down parts of the federal government were finally answered as President Trump signed on Friday the Labor-HHS-Education and Defense spending package that contained the continuing resolution that would keep the other parts of the government funded through December 7.
The new fiscal year, FY2019, starts today and there were doubts as to whether he would force a partial shutdown of the government because of the lack of additional funding for the border wall along the Southern border in the spending package. Funding for the wall will be one of the key issues that will need to be resolved when Congress returns to spending bills after the November elections.