Citizen Trump had this view of the Presidency in past shutdowns:
TRUMP: But if there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the President of the United States. He’s the one that has to get people together.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who’s going to bear the brunt of the responsibility if indeed there is a — is shutdown of our government?
TRUMP: Well, if you say who gets fired, it always has to be the top. I mean, problems start from the top, and they have to get solved from the top. And the president’s the leader, and he’s got to get everybody in a room, and he’s got to lead.
Trump golfed twice instead of "getting people together" and fired government workers vs. those at the top. One Red Team Senator called the firings punitive. I would go further and call it abusive.
Politics is an insufficient way to explain our world, given its ever shifting sands, serial mistruths and mind numbing double standards.
Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time. Get back to work and do the people's business!
Update 10-14-25: A recent poll showed:
Some 67% of the 1,154 respondents said Republicans deserve “at least a fair amount” of blame for the shutdown as it stretched into Day 10, while 63% said the same of Democrats. President Donald Trump also drew scrutiny with 63% saying he deserved a share of the blame.
Get back to work.
