There is yet another threat of a government shutdown and the Republicans are quaking in their boots. They have spent years promising to cave on every last principle they supposedly hold rather than let nonessential portions of the government close up shop. This constant spinelessness is why the tactic is repeated, year after year. The Democrats can stand on their principle - no funding for the border wall - and be hailed as heroes. Is it any wonder that this broken record is put on the turntable so regularly? Every shutdown in the last 20 plus years has benefited the Democrats, either as propaganda or electoral advantage.
Trump suggested that he might be okay with delaying the funding for the wall until the budget fight rather than this continuing resolution. Such only encourages the Democrats to press on with the threat of a shutdown. Amazing how the shutdown will be triggered by the Democrats but blamed on the Republicans and Trump. It is great when the media is on your side. Trump would be best served to let the government shutdown. Most of the people who are sent home are members of the 'resistance' to his presidency anyway. Besides, the best time to be unpopular is when it isn't an election year. Pin the shutdown on the Democrats intransigence over a comparatively tiny sum of money and this shutdown tactic might get shelved. If Trump let's it slide now, the shutdown will just be rescheduled for September.
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