SHOTLIST

WASHINGTON, US (SEPT. 26, 2025) (ANADOLU-A CCESS ALL)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WALKING WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, KAI MADISON TRUMP, TOWARDS WHITE HOUSE SOUTH LAWN

2. VARIOUS OF TRUMP GREETING PEOPLE AT SOUTH LAWN, WALKING TOWARDS PRESS

3. TRUMP STANDING IN FRONT OF CAMERAMEN (2 SHOTS)

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"Democrats want to shut down, and they want to shut it down because they want to give billions -- ultimately trillions -- of dollars to illegal migrants, people that came into our country illegally. Some of those people are criminals, but they came into our country illegally, and they want to give them the essentials of the years, trillions of dollars. And our people aren't going to stand for it. They also want to have open borders. They want to have men and women's sports. They want to have transgender for everybody. These people are crazy, the Democrats. So if it has to shut down, it'll have to shut down. But they're the ones that are shutting down.”

5. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND KAI MADISON TRUMP WALKING TOWARD HELICOPTER (2 SHOTS)

6. HELICOPTER TAKING OFF

WASHINGTON, US - SEPT. 26: US President Donald Trump on Friday accused congressional Democrats of seeking a government shutdown.

"Democrats want to shut down, and they want to shut it down because they want to give billions -- ultimately trillions -- of dollars to illegal migrants," Trump told reporters before departing the White House to attend a golf tournament in New York.

Democrats reject the charge as unfounded, saying instead that they are trying to protect subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, without which health care will become unaffordable for millions.

Calling the Democrats "crazy," Trump claimed: “So, if it has to shut down, it’ll have to shut down. But they’re the ones that are shutting it down."

Earlier this week, Trump canceled a planned meeting with top congressional Democrats, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, one week before the Sept. 30 deadline for a potential government shutdown, citing what he described as their “unserious and ridiculous demands.”

Congress is in the middle of a standoff as government funding is set to expire at the end of September. The Republican-controlled House passed a short-term bill to keep the government up and running through Nov. 21, but the Senate rejected the proposal as well as a separate Democratic effort.