AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka gave the partial federal government shutdown a new nickname Thursday: The “Trump Mexican Bailout.”

Trumpka’s comment came as President Trump, who had initially claimed that Mexico would be forced to pay for his border wall, is in a stalemate with congressional leaders over the federal budget.

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