As I noted on Friday, Trump long ago signaled he wanted a shutdown, and by not even allowing a vote on a bipartisan compromise that had more Senate support than the Continuing Resolution which was voted on and rejected, Mitch McConnell proved that he also wanted a shutdown. They own it. It’s completely on them. And Trump likes it. He wants to use it as an excuse to further attempt to seize full control of government.
Now, Greg Sargent is proving that Trump and John Kelly and McConnell and Paul Ryan have no interest in compromise, just as they never had any interest in compromise in the first place. This is a mendacious attempt to impose power to punish the Dreamers. It’s racism and authoritarianism rolled into one. The way Trump and the modern Republicans love it.
Democrats tried. They made offers that would not have passed muster with the Democratic base, because they wanted to keep the government open. The Republicans want the shutdown and they want to hurt people. That’s who they are.