President Trump is reportedly fuming that his threats, firings, and program cuts haven’t gotten Senate Democrats to cave to Republicans and end the shutdown.
Trump, 79, thought the shutdown would last ten days at most, believing that the unprecedented and illegal firings of federal workers by his “grim reaper‚” OMB head Russ Vought, would be enough to get Democrats to give up, sign the Republicans’ budget bill, and thus re-open the government.
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He thought that bullying and abuse would make the Democrats back down. And I’m surprised as well. So far everyone has backed down against his ridiculous demands, both within the US and internationally. They’ve taught him his tactics work.
I’m really glad to see someone stand up to him. I never expected it to be the Democrats though.
Probably learned the hard way after the Big Ugly Bill passed.