As the United States faces its second-longest government shutdown in recent history, Democrats are urging President Donald Trump to cancel his upcoming trip to Asia and focus on resolving the domestic crisis. The MAGA chief is scheduled to depart late Friday for Malaysia, with stops in Japan and South Korea, where he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next Thursday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called it “outrageous” for Trump to leave the country while Americans suffer. “Shouldn't the president listen to the cares of the American people and their desperate need on health care, rather than taking a foreign trip?” Schumer asked. Senator Jeff Merkley, who held a marathon speech on the Senate floor in protest of Trump administration policies, described the planned trip as

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