Above my paygrade. I don’t know what the heck is really going on here. I’m thinking that the Shutdown is needed. Not sure why.
Buying time. Trump is buying time.
Imho, I think Pelosi wants to see Trump declare an Emergency EO for the Wall, and the sooner the better, so they can possibly tie him up in Court over it and use it perhaps to set him up for an impeachment in the House of Representatives, and Trump needs a lock on the Supreme Court before the coming s^!+ Storm, with one more sure pick.
RBG needs to retire. This to me explains why he’s been dragging this out.
And, the gravy is of course, that he lets the communists expose themselves, in broad daylight. hee.