Trump's shutdown feels like payback for our giving the Dems the House majority

[eleny]

I've read that his father raised him to believe that there are two kinds of people - killers or losers.

So now he's a loser, we're the killers and Trump is at war with his own country.

[notdarkyet]

1. It's retaliation for dems winning the house. He is a vicious, mean, vindictive person.

[eleny]

2. He doesn't seem to have what we'd call "normal" relationships

His Cabinet is an example of that. He hires to fire. Rinse and repeat. His satisfactions are so short lived.

Just an observation from watching his actions over these past two years. He's only had a couple of departures from that with his relationships - Putin and his kids. I guess he needs them more than anyone else. And right now it feels like he's at war with the rest of us.

[flibbitygiblets]

3. And/or a distraction from that fact. He does love a distraction! Also it will be hard for regular

people to care about Mueller when the government grinds to a halt. So, probably a tactical move there.

[eleny]

4. Did I hear right that Mueller's activities are still funded during the shutdown?

I heard that days ago. And last night Rachel Maddow had a short segment about how Federal courts will be affected. The judges will have to figure out how to function. But the Dept. of Justice "doesn't work that way".

[2naSalit]

5. DoJ is open

and the SC is not only funded separately from the agencies affected, the SC's Grand Jury was just given a six month extension.

[OliverQ]

7. Yes, Mueller is fully funded. All the prosecutors in the Trump cases

are still working.

[OliverQ]

6. It wouldn't be an issue if McConnell and the Republican Senate

weren't helping him attack the country. They're the real problem.

[handmade34]

8. just as

Trump as president feels like payback for allowing a black man to run the Country for 8 years...

[eleny]

9. Yeah, the genesis