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This is why Republicans were so desperate to keep Nancy Pelosi from becoming speaker again

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Credit: Win McNamee, Getty Images

Trump caves.

Nancy Pelosi has been speaker of the House for just 22 days, and she just humiliated the president of the United States.

Ever since President Donald Trump shut down much of the government last month, Pelosi has delivered a consistent message to Trump — “my offer to you is this: nothing.” On Friday, Trump took that offer, announcing his support for a short-term funding bill that will reopen the government for three weeks without any additional funding for a border wall.

Trump’s cave on Friday is absolute. He will reopen the government and he will not get his wall. Pelosi wins. Trump loses.

View the complete January 25 article by Ian Millhiser on the ThinkProgress website here.

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