New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the ongoing government shutdown presents an opportunity to permanently eliminate what he called "Democrat programs," and indicated that a list of programs slated for closure will be announced on Friday.

"The Democrats are getting killed on the shutdown because we're closing up programs that are Democrat programs that we were opposed to," Trump said when asked about efforts to end the standoff, according to ABC News report. "So, we're being able to do things that we were unable to do before... And now we're closing them up, and we're not going to let them come back."

Trump added that a list of the programs that will be cut is expected to come on Friday, the news outlet state...