The shutdown of the U.S. government is going to cause a lot of pain for a lot of people. I would like to think that we didn’t need to end up here, but maybe it was inevitable.
Since the start of his current term, the president has seemed interested in nothing more than “slash and burn”. Rather than actually govern, he has focused on gunning for anyone in the U.S. whom he sees as vulnerable. And the more vulnerable the target, the better.
Now those shenanigans have succeeded in bringing the U.S. government itself to an ignominious grinding halt. Sadly, it all seems like the logical conclusion of the policies of the current administration.