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Spoiler alert: I’m about to tell you how the government shutdown ends.

Bill Clinton held the record, at 21 days, but Donald Trump easily beat that with 35 days in his first term.

Barack Obama weighed in with a mere 16-day shuttering of the government.

So I’ve lived through enough of these things to know the pattern as we pass the one-week mark today.

DEMOCRATS AT A BIG DISADVANTAGE IN SHUTDOWN AS TRUMP STARTS SLASHING THEIR PROGRAMS

President Trump has a huge advantage with his giant megaphone. But isn’t it fascinating that, until yesterday, he hadn’t spoken to reporters since the government went to what must be called a partial shutdown? He doesn’t want to own this if it turns unpopular. So he’s happy to let Mike John

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