"If the country shuts down, which could very well be, the budget should be handled a lot differently than it has been handled for the last long period of time," Trump said in answer to reporters' questions as he arrived for a visit at the Pentagon. "If for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military."
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by David Alexander)