Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 24th U.S. President Trump said on the 23rd that a private donor has provided $130 million to the U.S. federal government to fill the military pay gap that may be caused by the government's "shutdown".
According to the US News National TV channel, at a round table held at the White House, a reporter asked about the salary payment of federal employees during the "shutdown" period. Trump announced the donation, but he did not make it clear that the funds would be used to pay the salaries of active-duty military personnel.
According to Reuters, Trump said the donor was actively calling, saying that “if the ‘stop’ caused by the Democrats led to any government funding gap,” he was willing to fill it because he “loves the military and the country.”
On the 11th, Trump ordered Defense Secretary Hegseth to use "all available funds" to pay the US military. The Pentagon said it would urgently allocate $8 billion from the remaining funds of R&D funds to meet the urgent need.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said the measures were "temporary measures" and the U.S. military could soon break down if Congress still failed to pass the provisional allocation bill.
Johnson and Senate Republican leader John Thun have repeatedly accused the Democratic Party of blocking the deployment of arms.Tun said on 10th that the Democratic Party could solve the deployment of arms by putting five votes in favour of the Republican-proposed provisional funding bill.
Due to differences between the two parties on issues such as health insurance-related welfare expenditures, the Senate failed to pass a new temporary appropriation bill before the end of the last fiscal year on September 30th, resulting in the exhaustion of funds for the federal government to maintain normal operation, and it was "shut down" on October 1st.