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Trump's Shutdown Threat Could Backfire On Him And GOP

The president was on a tear over the weekend with tweets ranging from the Russia probe to threatening a government shutdown over immigration to again calling the media the "enemy of the people."
President Trump boards Air Force One after spending the weekend at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. before heading back to Washington.

Updated at 3:08 p.m.

We noted on Friday that the emerging theme of the 2018 elections is volatility.

"Frankly it is about volatility," a Republican campaign operative told NPR.

And now, with just 99 days to go until Election Day, President Trump proved that with a series of tweets over the weekend dealing with immigration, the Mueller Russia probe and the media (which he again referred to as the "Enemy of the People.")

The tweets, a good synthesis of some of Trump's Greatest Hits during the

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