If the emerging Capitol Hill budget deal is “the worst in history,” as one watchdog group calls it, a large part of the fault lies with President Trump’s inept “government shutdown” over funding for a border wall last winter.
By fighting and losing that budget battle, Trump gave up almost all leverage for any spending restraint any time soon.
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