Poll: ‘Government’ rises to nation’s top problem

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Americans believe that the government is the biggest problem facing the nation, an ominous poll finding that might feed President Trump’s plan to “shut it down” if he does not get Democratic cooperation on funding of his long-promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

More than any other issue, Gallup found that the swamp is the the No. 1 problem issue cited in its latest survey.

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