US President Donald Trump walks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung after a high honor presentation ceremony at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju on Wednesday. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump had his fun, with red carpet welcomes, impromptu dances, the gift of a golden crown and a yet another Nobel Peace Prize nomination .

But the trophies from his Asia tour won’t count for much when he arrives home Thursday just as the monthlong government shutdown takes its bitterest turn yet amid the worst domestic political crisis of his second term.

His return and a confluence of suddenly harsher consequences for millions of Americans mean the next few days may represent the only way out of the increasingly damaging impasse before the run-up

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