President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to Asia caps a whirlwind stretch that includes jetting to the Middle East to mark the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, escalating a trade clash with China, redoubling efforts to send troops to US cities and overseeing construction of a $300 million White House ballroom.
Seemingly absent from his day-to-day work? Negotiating an end to the US government shutdown.
As the spending impasse blows past the three-week mark, making it the second longest in US history, Trump has taken a business-as-usual approach. He’s maintained a full schedule of foreign-leader visits to the White House, as well as ...
