Many Democrats believe the White House is bluffing and insist Republicans will bear responsibility for a shutdown in the public eye because the GOP controls the government.
The Trump administration is expecting a government shutdown come Wednesday and there are no current plans to negotiate with Democratic leadership, according to a senior White House official.
“We’re going to extract maximum pain,” said the official, granted anonymity to discuss political strategy, adding that Democrats “will pay a huge price for this.”
The comments underscore the White House’s belief that Democrats will be blamed for a shutdown and its ripple effects, which could include mass layoffs across the federal government.
Every day they delay is one more chance for Trump to stroke out and die before he can go full genocidal dictator. Considering his age and those health rumors I’d say that’s a win.
If trump dies, nothing changes. Do you honestly think that drooling, sniveling shitbag is running anything other than his mouth ?
It doesn’t matter what he does, it matters what people believe he does. To his base Trump is MAGA. Without him I don’t think they have anywhere near the cohesive movement that they do currently.