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Trump raised the stakes in the shutdown fight by saying he could keep the government closed for a very long time and even float emergency powers to force wall funding. The move hardened the impression that he was owning the closure rather than solving it, and it set off immediate criticism that he was manufacturing a crisis to cover for a political stalemate.
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Trump raised the stakes in the shutdown fight by saying he could keep the government closed for a very long time and even float emergency powers to force wall funding. The move hardened the impression that he was owning the closure rather than solving it, and it set off immediate criticism that he was manufacturing a crisis to cover for a political stalemate.
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Trump raised the stakes in the shutdown fight by saying he could keep the government closed for a very long time and even float emergency powers to force wall funding. The move hardened the impression that he was owning the closure rather than solving it, and it set off immediate criticism that he was manufacturing a crisis to cover for a political stalemate.
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