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Jennifer Rubin: Has Trump tired of being bashed over the shutdown

President Donald Trump continues to take a beating in the shutdown polls. Most recently, "In the latest The Hill-HarrisX survey, 46 percent of registered voters who identify as political independents said that Trump and the congressional GOP are primarily responsible for the government closure, a 7-point jump from a Dec. 30-31 survey." Only 17 percent of independents blame Democrats primarily. Even Republicans don't seem thrilled with the shutdown. ("Even as GOP voters' willingness to blame Democrats has increased, only 56 percent of Republican voters say that congressional Democrats are responsible. By comparison, 81 percent of Democratic voters say that Trump or the congressional GOP are at fault.