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Democrats End Up Having a Worse Week Than Trump

March 15, 2025 at 6:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Donald Trump’s week was poised to be bruising,” Politico reports.

“Instead, the president is ending it on a political high after he and congressional Republicans closed ranks and, with an assist from the looming specter of DOGE, cornered Democrats into voting to avert a government shutdown on their terms. Now, it’s Democrats who are fighting each other, distracting Washington, at least temporarily, from Trump’s trade war that has wreaked havoc on the stock market.”

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