President Donald Trump spoke today on the looming shutdown, blaming immigrants and threatening Americans’ benefits.

“We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like,” Trump said. “So they’re taking a risk by having a shutdown because of the shutdown, we can do things medically and other ways, including benefits.”

When asked if a shutdown is inevitable, Trump said, “Nothing is inevitable. But I would say it’s probably likely because they want to give health care to illegal immigrants, which will destroy health care for everybody else.”

Watch the clip here of his remarks: