Told you so. The shutdown gives Trump & company the opportunity to become a dictatorship as control of monies, control of government and control of the courts becomes a fait accompli thanks to the feckless dems not understanding strategy in any way, shape or form. Consider the fact the TA was going to gut Medicaid without question, ditto Medicare and the Affordable Care Act as well. It was a given but at least, with the government running, unfettered access to all the levers to government was not possible. With the shutdown in place, it's a done deal. Next step, either game the midterms or eliminate them via martial law imposed under the rubric of a false flag enabling ML to happen. Remember, we did it to ourselves.
President Trump is seizing on the government shutdown as an "unprecedented opportunity" to consolidate control in the Oval Office, accelerating a trend toward unchecked power.
Why it matters: Many Democrats see the shutdown as a necessary evil to halt — or at least slow — Trump's steamrolling of democratic norms and independent institutions. So far, the standoff is only emboldening the White House.
Zoom in: Trump said he met Thursday with White House budget chief Russ Vought to discuss what "Democrat agencies" should get cuts, casting the shutdown as a chance to shrink a federal workforce Trump has long viewed as hostile.
- Goading Democrats, Trump flaunted Vought's role in Project 2025 ("he of PROJECT 2025 Fame") — the hard-right blueprint for expanding executive power that Trump disavowed on the campaign trail after it became a political liability.
- For Vought, the shutdown offers a unique opening: a live test of theories he has spent years refining on how to weaken Congress, purge the bureaucracy and concentrate power in the presidency.
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