Having blundered into a government shutdown, President Trump has three plausible options to end it. One, he could simply agree to reopen the government and shift to blaming Congress for failure to build his wall. Second, he could try to cobble together some broader trade, in which Democrats would give him border funds in return for a path to citizenship for Dreamers or some other concessions. Or third, he could declare a state of emergency, reopen the government, and leave it to the courts to stop him from unilaterally building the wall, allowing him to save face.

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