Trump’s petty response to Pelosi is why this shutdown may never end

Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi
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The state of government shutdown negotiations is now just two adults treating each other like children. What shiny toy can they take away next as punishment?

A day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that President Trump delay delivering the State of the Union address in front of Congress due to security concerns while the government is shut down, he seemed to retaliate.

Just hours before Pelosi and other members of Congress were to board a military jet to visit troops in Afghanistan, Trump told her she couldn’t go.

View the complete January 17 article by Colby Itkowitz on The Washington Post website here.