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Trump’s shutdown was beginning to create a second-order problem: Republican lawmakers and allies were no longer selling it with the same enthusiasm. On January 22, the strain showed up in public messaging and in the growing sense that the president had cornered his own party. That is never a great place for a White House that depends on loyalty more than competence.
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Trump’s shutdown was beginning to create a second-order problem: Republican lawmakers and allies were no longer selling it with the same enthusiasm. On January 22, the strain showed up in public messaging and in the growing sense that the president had cornered his own party. That is never a great place for a White House that depends on loyalty more than competence.
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Trump’s shutdown was beginning to create a second-order problem: Republican lawmakers and allies were no longer selling it with the same enthusiasm. On January 22, the strain showed up in public messaging and in the growing sense that the president had cornered his own party. That is never a great place for a White House that depends on loyalty more than competence.
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