President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning that the consequences of a government shutdown would be "devastating" to the military. In a visit later to the Pentagon, the president reiterated, "If for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military." NBC News fact checked the statement and found that the military would be unaffected in the case of a shutdown. If the government fails to pass a spending bill, a partial shutdown would begin Saturday, leading to many federal workers to be furloughed, but not the military.
