A partial government shutdown in Donald J. Trump’s first term was the longest in U.S. history. In 2018, during Donald J. Trump’s first presidency, he said he would be “ proud ” to shut down the government if a deal was not reached that included funding he wanted for his proposed wall along the southern U.S. border.

YES,” Musk responded Wednesday on his social media platform X to a suggestion the government shutter until Jan. 20, the day Trump takes office. In another post, he declared s

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