Trump claims government shutdown is Democrats’ 2020 strategy

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President Trump blamed the government shutdown on something new Thursday: the 2020 presidential election.

In a tweet Thursday morning, the president argued Democrats are angling to block funding for a border wall because it would be another of his achievements that they could not successfully campaign against.

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