Senate Republicans were left scratching their heads after Trump fought openly with Democrats about spending and threatened to partially shut down the government if they didn’t agree to give him $5 billion for his border wall.

“Put me down as puzzled. I don’t see the strategy,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. “I would just say, ‘and then what?’ I haven’t heard what happens next, so I don’t understand the strategy.”

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