Trump yields and agrees to lift 35-day government shutdown...until 15 February

Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:23 UTC

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President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S. government shutdown without getting the US$5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, handing a political victory to Democrats. Read full article

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DemonTree
Does this mean Trump will be allowed to give the State of the Union address after all? I'll laugh if he ended the shutdown because of Pelosi's gambit.
Jan 27th, 2019 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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@DemonTree

I'm afraid to die laughing if he gets the funds to build the wall!
Jan 27th, 2019 - 05:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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imoyaro
I'm not laughing. It's all Kabuki on his part. ;)
Jan 28th, 2019 - 03:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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