Trump's Shutdown Trap

American Thinker ^

[Jonty30]

Has Trump suckered the Democrats and deep state into a trap

[Jonty30]

Apparently, federal bureaucrats can be laid off after thirty days of furlough. They are on day 22.

Trump has been advised of this

[Jonty30]

Sorry, day 25 now.

[AlaskaErik]

Not going to happen. Federal judges would be all over this.

[Ann Archy]

These LEFTY Federal Judges need to be REINED IN!

[tm61]

Not a single admiral ackbar reference, after what, 3 posts?

[Qwackertoo]

Hope this is done.

[GBA]

I love President Trump. I absolutely love that guy.

I still can’t believe we could be so lucky as to have a man like Donald J. Trump as POTUS, but here we are!

We and the world scored big time this time with TRUMP and now it SUX to be a socialist!

I am still not tired of all this HUGE winning for US and For The World!

[DarthVader]

The POTUS and SCOTUS don’t care.

[Jonty30]

IMO, Trump is not cracking, but Nancy and Chuck cannot be seen to be cracking.

I doubt bureaucrats are being quiet underneath.

[oldasrocks]

I think more guberment should be shut down.

[blueunicorn6]

What shutdown?

[V K Lee]

Well, it wouldn’t be the first time DJT declared,
“You’re FIRED.”
WTP can only pray this is true; one sweep of his arm
and all pieces are OFF the board.

[reagandemocrat]

Check out this awesome chart from Slate!

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/slate_labs/2013/10/federal_government_shutdown_agencies_with_the_most_furloughs.html

[HangnJudge]

https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/14/smoke-out-resistance/
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-15/senior-trump-official-i-hope-long-shutdown-smokes-out-resistance

Article in Daily Caller linked in ZeroHedge

...The Daily Caller is taking the rare step of publishing this anonymous op-ed at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose career would be jeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers.

[fudimo]

Check out the awesome date on your article

[reagandemocrat]

Yes, my bad.

[unlearner]

“Due to the lack of funding, many federal agencies are now operating more effectively from the top down on a fraction of their workforce, with only select essential personnel serving national security tasks. ...
President Trump can end this abuse. Senior officials can reprioritize during an extended shutdown, focus on valuable results and weed out the saboteurs. We do not want most employees to return, because we are working better without them.”

“If this was the plan all along, it would explain why President Trump goaded Chuck and Nancy in his televised meeting with them last year, boasting that he would claim credit for the shutdown. How could they resist a prolonged shutdown when he made it so easy to blame him?”

Interesting article. Could it be that President Trump saw an extended shutdown as the only way to clean up a portion of our bloated federal government?

Regardless, we need a wall / barrier on our southern border... now.

[Samurai_Jack]

Let’s Hope that’s the plan.

[familyop]

"Apparently, federal bureaucrats can be laid off after thirty days of furlough."

That's great news! Much of the funding for Democrats has come from socialist radicals with excessive incomes.