Trump’s Shutdown Power Play 😳 Did He Just Rewrite the Rules? What happens when a government shutdown feels less like a national crisis and more like a one-man show of executive improvisation? That is exactly the spectacle playing out as Donald Trump takes the federal shutdown into week three, sidestepping traditional pressure points and picking which parts of government get to stay alive. Shutdowns are supposed to hurt. They are designed to be political pressure cookers, turning the discomfort of missed paychecks and stalled services into a forcing mechanism that pushes Congress and the White House to cut a deal. Historically, shutdowns have ended because ordinary citizens, workers, and industries simply could not take it anymore. Missed flights, frozen benefits, empty pay stubs, and chaos at government offices built momentum for compromise. But in this latest chapter of shutdown politics, Trump has pulled off something different. He has figured out how to numb the pain for groups he...
Your go-to destination for the latest, most relevant news and updates in the USA and the world, delivered daily.