Donald Trump blames Democrats for US government shutdown

USPresident Donald Trump blamed Democrat lawmakers for a shutdown of the federal government that went into effect on Saturday.

"Democrats are far more concerned with illegal immigrants than they are with our great military or safety at our dangerous southern border," he said in a Twitter post early on Saturday. "They could have easily made a deal but decided to play Shutdown politics instead," tweeted Trump.

This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present, Trump tweeted with the#DemocratShutdown.

The Senate is expected to resume talks on funding the government at noon.