"I have to study it," Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. "I'm not happy about it. It's not doing the trick. ... Am I happy at first glance? I just got to see it. The answer is no, I'm not happy." He said that he would be "adding things to it."
He continued, "I don't think you're going to see a shutdown. ... If you did have it, it's the Democrats' fault."
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Many conservatives have decried the bill.
Fox News host Sean Hannity called the potential deal "garbage."
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, of the conservative Freedom Caucus tweeted that it was a "bad deal."
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"I'm considering everything," Trump said at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, not ruling in or out any option.
Trump noted that regardless of what happens with the budget deal, a Southern border wall will be built.
"It's all going to happen," Trump said. "We're going to build a big, beautiful, strong wall."
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