Trump’s Office of Management and Budget under Russell Vought has moved with more executive authority over spending, which is typically left to Congress. The administration took steps to cancel foreign aid and asserted power to withhold billions of domestic spending.
“I would expect this shutdown to look different than any other shutdown,” said Joshua Sewell, Taxpayers for Common Sense director of research and policy. He said he expects that the Trump team’s actions would be guided by what they believe achieves the most for them politically.
Trump could use a shutdown to dismantle government functions, wrote Max Stier, chief of executive of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit focused on improving the federal government.
If lawmakers can’t reach a deal, Stier wrote, Trump and Vought “will have enormous latitude to determine which services, programs, and employees can be sidelined, decisions that could go far beyond what has occurred during past shutdowns.”
Doesn’t the Regime already do this via Executive Order which may or may not be challenged later? Why would they need a ahutdown?
Jesus fucking Christ, stop trying to come up with more terrible ideas why the democrats should capitulate. What the actual fuck. They must not knuckle under for ANY reason. You used to be better than this, NPR.
I don’t think they’re necessarily telling them to capitulate, but this is due to a memo released a few days ago.
It might be an empty threat or it might be one of those damned if you do damned if you don’t situations.
Even if the government shuts down it’s important people understand this is most likely coming. It’s better for people to be angry about this before the fact so they know who to blame once the shutdown happens. They’re going to blame the layoffs on the Democrats as if this was their fault for allowing the shutdown.
Only if somebody doesn’t take this as an opportunity to assassinate him.
For the betterment of the nation, of course
He will have power to decide who to pay but he will be powerless to the backlash from constituents. People are already pissed at him
