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Shutdown over border wall and other recent Trump decisions aimed at placating his base
WASHINGTON - Normally, precipitating a federal government shutdown on the eve of a holiday week would be a shot in the foot, politically speaking.
But for President Donald Trump a shutdown, in an all or nothing bid to get Congress to fund a wall on the Mexico border, is a gamble that is likely to go down well with his base.
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