Donald Trump has made abundantly clear what he intends as he prepares to take the executive reins of the federal government.
Any effort to include Democrats in solving the issues of the day will be met with stubborn refusal to accept the other side’s help.
Trump and his rich-guy sidekick Elon Musk have just derailed a bipartisan spending plan that members of Congress had negotiated to keep the government from shutting down.
No can do, said Trump and Musk, declaring the spending proposal contains too much “fat” to suit the president-elect and his economic team led by Musk.
The deal is now dead. House Speaker Mike Johnson and his colleagues vow to keep working to keep the government open. They won’t get any help from the president-elect and team of obstructionists.
Trump campaigned this year on a promise to be “president for all Americans.” I took that to mean a pledge to work with members of Congress who represent Americans who did not support Trump and his MAGA cult of followers.
Silly me. I forgot we were dealing with an individual who is a total stranger to the truth.
The disruption a government shutdown would bring cannot be measured. It doesn’t matter a damn bit to Elon Musk, to Donald Trump or to the rest of the MAGA cult who see their public service as being built on making lives miserable.
Did you read any of the billâs 1500 pages? Raises for themselves was a priority. I donât think that qualifies for keeping the government open. Plus, hundreds of other âpetâ projects. Pet projects are not a part of keeping the government open. Itâs time we had someone that will hold these spend hungry bureaucrats accountable. If youâre not for that, itâs simple hatred for Trump and not what best for all of us.
Why can’t Democrats pass a budget without all the fluff? I know both sides do it, at times. It’s rare for Republicans to try an bury fluff agenda items in crunch time bills, such as keeping government open. If it’s to keep the government open, there should be ZERO fluff.