Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal. And if not, he says, let the closures “start now.”

Trump wants debt ceiling in the budget deal. If not, he says let the government shutdown start now

Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal. And if not, he says, let the closures “start now.”