I’m not glib about the people who will be impacted over the holidays, but I actually do hope that President Trump forces a government shutdown over his stupid border wall that the he promised us repeatedly the Mexicans would pay for.
For starters, Trump will be bucking his own Senate majority. They are going to send him a spending bill and if he vetoes it he will be vetoing a bipartisan bill.
The only other possibility is that the House Republicans can be convinced not to agree to any compromise with the Senate, in which case the shutdown will be blamed on congressional Republicans who can’t get their crap together to send anything to the president’s desk. I don’t see that happening, but I’m completely okay with it if it does.
In order for Trump to actually prevail in a shutdown showdown, he’d need at a minimum for the Senate to play ball and force the Democrats to filibuster (what was) a bipartisan bill they’d already agreed to, and that is something the Senate Republican leadership has been clear that they will not do.
Maybe that changes, although I see it as highly unlikely. If the GOP reneges on the deal, the Dems will probably be content to let parts of the government remain shuttered until they control the House and can get a better deal.
So, bring it on, Trump.