Posted on 10/18/2025 1:35:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump has repurposed money to fund military salaries during the government shutdown. He has pledged to find ways to make sure many in law enforcement get paid. He has used the fiscal impasse to halt funding to Democratic jurisdictions, and is trying to lay off thousands of federal workers.
Government shutdowns are usually resolved only after the pain they inflict on everyday Americans forces elected officials in Washington to come to an agreement. But as the shutdown nears a fourth week, Mr. Trump’s actions have instead reduced the pressure for an immediate resolution and pushed his political opponents to further dig in.
“We’re not going to bend,” Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, said on Friday, the 17th day of the shutdown. “We’re not going to break.” He added: “All of these efforts to try to intimidate Democratic members of the House and the Senate are not going to work.”
Unlike past presidents, Mr. Trump appears to feel little urgency to strike a deal to reopen the government. Instead, he has used the shutdown, which began Oct. 1, as an opportunity to further remake the federal bureaucracy and jettison programs he does not like, seizing on unorthodox budgetary maneuvers that some have called illegal.
Administration officials appear undaunted by the criticism, even after a federal judge temporarily blocked their efforts to conduct mass firings. On Friday, some agencies indicated in court filings that they might proceed with layoffs that officials suggested were not covered by the order.
Russell T. Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget and the architect of the effort to remake the government, has pledged to “stay on offense” throughout the shutdown.
“He now has this cover for doing what at least...”
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Why should he?
Yes why should he when the Democrats are the ones causing it.
I don’t either. That’s why I voted for him. Ahos all over the planet are crying, whining, and throwing tantrums today because of Trump. That should tell the dumbass far-left voters something. Every fascist and tyrannical “leader” is pissed off at Trump because they aren’t receiving U.S. Taxpayer dollars and U.S. goods for free today. That’s what today’s what today fag and tranny riots are really about!
Merle Haggard song Movin’ On.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjtWaOPTYmU
And the classic Hank Snow song I’m Movin’ On.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiiA-u3atuM
“The Democrats don’t seem to mind” seem to be a fairer headline.
The democrats ,”NO NO NO NO NO” LOL
I don’t think the Dems mind either
I don’t mind.
Greatest test to see how much of a bureaucracy is really necessary.
Works for me.... great job President Trump.
Why should he interrupt Senate Democrats while they are making a mistake? The most important legitimate functions of the federal government are continuing and the votes needed to resume the others are all Democrat.
I’m surprised the RINO’s in the senate have not caved.....yet.
This muzztard fails to understand that he already broke ... The action is now in the Senate, where he is not. All he can do now is stamp his feet and whine like the little bitch that he is.
It is like when you tell your local government that they can't have any more money. They promptly shut down fire and police services instead of deciding that maybe spending several million more on some cock and bull "feasibility study" to delay road repairs.
That is when you know you have evil people in government.
When there is a money crunch and the government actively tries to make sure that all the essentials are kept running even if somebody's relative does not get their million dollar pay off you know that you have decent people in government. No necessarily all honest but more or less decent.
I still wanna know why we don’t just use the nuclear option pass our budget and be done with it. We don’t need a single Democrat vote.
Cause he’s winning this and he and the democrats know it
Schumer’s DNC shutdown is mostly (not all) of a bunch of bureaucrats whose work is not essential to the daily lives of American citizens
some of their work is worthwhile, some not. But little of it is essential for our daily life
and we most all know that the federal bureaucrazy is VERY bloated. a large reduction now will, in the overall picture, help right-size the feds
NY Slimes Urges GOP To Capitulate To Democrats
“This isn’t the hill to die on, the perfect is the enemy of the good, obey, conform, submit”
More news later
I just checked: social security and retirement arrived on time. Trump and Vance are kicking ass and taking name. Erika Kirk is organizing a SB alternate half-time show. Life is good. Hang tough Mr. President, I voted for such a day as this.
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