They’re in no rush. Every day the shutdown goes on, Trump and cronies can get rid of employees they couldn’t get the courts to let them fire, and that’s not counting the ones who quit because they can’t afford to be without income.
Meanwhile, Trump can executive order anything he considers critical to be essential and therefore funded anyway, and none of the machinery of fascism misses a beat. There are no jobs reports to alarm people that employment is collapsing, and the stock market keeps climbing.
Meanwhile, Congressional republicans cry crocodile tears. “Oh, no! Please don’t play hardball with us!”
This is what happens when you try to exert leverage when you don’t have any left.
They’re in no rush. Every day the shutdown goes on, Trump and cronies can get rid of employees they couldn’t get the courts to let them fire, and that’s not counting the ones who quit because they can’t afford to be without income.
Meanwhile, Trump can executive order anything he considers critical to be essential and therefore funded anyway, and none of the machinery of fascism misses a beat. There are no jobs reports to alarm people that employment is collapsing, and the stock market keeps climbing.
Meanwhile, Congressional republicans cry crocodile tears. “Oh, no! Please don’t play hardball with us!”
This is what happens when you try to exert leverage when you don’t have any left.