5 years ago
Trump owns the shutdown. And he’s OK with that.
President Donald Trump is now the “proud” owner of a government shutdown — his third. And he doesn’t seem to mind. The threat of an extended shutdown is far less of a concern to the president than not making good on his central campaign pledge to build a border wall and looking like a fraud, according to White House aides and Trump allies. Trump spent the weekend digging in on his position behind closed doors, meeting with hard-line conservatives and signaling through his top aides that he could stomach a closure that could drag on well into the new year.
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