In a tweet on Jan. 12, Donald Trump said that in a government shutdown, “what they are really doing is shutting down our military.”
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Trump said that in a government shutdown, “what they are really doing is shutting down our military.”
This is an exaggeration. Based on historical precedent, the Defense Department does stand to see a substantial fraction of its civilian workers furloughed, and employee morale would likely suffer if paychecks are held back. But experts agreed that core military functions would remain operational, including all active-duty military personnel and many essential civilian workers.
We rate the statement Mostly False.
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