The Government Shutdown Is Over, But the Damage Is Done

Yesterday, after 35 agonizing days of the partial federal government shutdown that he himself created just to manufacture chaos, Trump finally caved to Pelosi and reopened the government for three weeks with no funding for his border wall.  He made it seem like he won, but it is obvious that he caved, bigly.  Believe me.  And now after alienated most Americans, his caving now alienated his rabid base as well, making him a man without a country now.  Oh, and on the same day, his buddy Roger Stone was indicted in the ongoing Mueller investigation as well.  Things really don't look so good for him now at all.  Sad!

The shutdown may be over, but the damage is done.  And not just to Trump either.  The damage to federal employees, contractors, SNAP beneficiaries, and the overall economy will take a lot longer to recover from, as well as (most ironically of all) the immigration courts whose judges had been furloughed for so long.   Trust in the governments has also sank to a new low as well.  So this is basically a Pyrrhic victory at best for America overall.

In three weeks, Trump may decide to shut down the government yet again if they won't give him his stupid wall, or more likely he will declare a national emergency to try to force the wall to be built and that will backfire bigly on him when challenged in court.  Regardless, he is now running on empty, and the tide has fully turned against him.  (Let's hope he doesn't try to play "chicken" with the debt ceiling next.)

So Donald, do us all a YUUUGE favor and RESIGN, yesterday.  Don't let the door hit you on the way out.  Same goes for Mitch "Awkward Turtle" McConnell and the entire GOP in general. You will NOT be missed.

In other words, as you like to say:  "YOU'RE FIRED!"