US government stays shut 'for as long it takes': Trump

US President Donald Trump (c) leads a meeting of his Cabinet

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United States President Donald Trump has compared the cost of building a wall on the Mexico border to the cost of prosecuting the war in Afghanistan, saying it'd be much cheaper.

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