trump refuses to give up on his precious border wall with Mexico, because such pundits as Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh, presumably speaking for trump voters, complained about any backing down on the construction of the wall. He’s also talked about closing the border with Mexico entirely-that reminds me of East Germany during the Cold war period.

This is not the act of a responsible leader, but of someone who is desperate for whatever support he could get, since Mueller is on his trail, and established Republican leaders are souring on his stupid foreign policy moves, like the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Syria, to appease such despots he admires like Erdogan of Turkey and Putin of Russia. He has to play tough for his voters-what would he use them for? A crude militia if he IS impeached? I would put nothing past him. The rules of politics in this country have been long gone.

For this stunt, over 800,000 federal employees are without paychecks; these are not the evil “bureaucrats” the right wing myth factory whines about, but people trying to do the best job they can for the community, often with not all that much pay; people who have mortgages and groceries to pay for, and kids to support. But don’t worry, CONgress and the inmates in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue still get their pay. That’s something to think about this new year.