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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Cockburn

Trump haunted by his ‘pretty sad’ 2011 words on who is to blame for a government shutdown

As the blame game over the current government shutdown in D.C. threatens to take up more political resources than actually finding a solution to the deadlock, there is at least one person who knows what the president should do.

That person is Donald Trump himself – with videos of Trump’s advice about a previous potential shutdown going viral amid the current crisis.

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