The People Who Started The Shutdown Don’t Know How To End It

Philip Elliott and Nash Jenkins, Time: Politics
Sat, 01/20/2018 - 7:48pm

It wasn’t just Democrats in Congress who complained about President Donald Trump Saturday. It was also Republicans, who grumbled just as loudly that they were not sure who in the White House was negotiating to end a partial government shutdown. Which Trump was it: The ultimate deal-maker eager to deliver what eluded his predecessors from both parties or the firebrand who rode a hardline immigration stance to power?

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