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As the deadline for government funding and pandemic relief lurched forward, Trump was still part of a process that had dragged on while unemployment aid and other support remained in limbo. The day captured the outgoing administration’s late-stage dysfunction: public pressure for help, private leverage games, and a White House that was still making everything take longer than it needed to.
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As the deadline for government funding and pandemic relief lurched forward, Trump was still part of a process that had dragged on while unemployment aid and other support remained in limbo. The day captured the outgoing administration’s late-stage dysfunction: public pressure for help, private leverage games, and a White House that was still making everything take longer than it needed to.
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As the deadline for government funding and pandemic relief lurched forward, Trump was still part of a process that had dragged on while unemployment aid and other support remained in limbo. The day captured the outgoing administration’s late-stage dysfunction: public pressure for help, private leverage games, and a White House that was still making everything take longer than it needed to.
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