- Seems Trump wants to own this shutdown rather than blaming it on Democrats. - No, he’ll blame the firings on the Democrats too. - That’s true. But it’s his firings that will be in the headlines. 
 
- Lol no, it will always be someone else’ fault. But I think he’s assuming the democrats see the writing on the wall, and allowing (another) shutdown to happen under trump’s watch is their least bad option. I expect he’ll make full use of the crisis, nothing would surprise me at this point… 
 
- Because mass firings worked so well the last time - Yup. Let’s remind Republican voters, again, how important Federal agencies are. This is like me telling my son he doesn’t get dinner because the kitchen didn’t cook my steak exactly how I like it. - Let’s fire all the air traffic controllers too. Reagan was definitely onto something - /s - Sarcasm or not, they did name an airport after Reagan … 
- I mean, compared to other things we may see faster CEO “turnover” that way. 
 
 
 
- I think this would all but guarantee Democrats supporting gov’t funding to avoid shutdown. Even if doing the opposite might be the better move long-term. - the court order has me considering to not shutdown. 
 



