Chris Murphy
One of the reasons that President Trump is refusing to negotiate is because he likes the fact the government is closed because he thinks he can exercise King-like powers. He can open up the parts of the government that he wants. He can pay the employees who are loyal to him. This is a leader who is trying to transition our government from a democracy to something much closer to a totalitarian state. This is part of what happens in totalitarian states — the leader, the regime only, decides what things get funded and what don’t often in coordination with their oligarch friends.

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