[ClearCase_guy]

Step 1) Shut down the government.
Step 2) Watch Trump layoff 100,000 federal workers.
Step 3) Argue with Republicans about restarting government.
Step 4) Stop the Commander in Chief from using troops.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Step 1) Shut down the government.

You make me think, maybe the 'Rats want the government shut down. Trump is steam-rolling everyone and all they have left is their New York "Press". Shutdown absolves them of responsibility in what they can't stop, anyway.