One of the weird parts of a government shutdown: The Office of Management and Budget decides what still gets paid, and is appointed by the president.
So when the government “shut down” under Obama and the troops still got bombs, but the FDA stopped routine food safety inspections, it was because the guy Obama appointed decided the former was essential and the latter was not.
If Trump’s guy, Vaught decides to, he can literally just declare anything they wanted to fund essential.
Of course the alternative is the republicans doing the same thing, except with the democrat’s cooperation.
One of the weird parts of a government shutdown: The Office of Management and Budget decides what still gets paid, and is appointed by the president.
So when the government “shut down” under Obama and the troops still got bombs, but the FDA stopped routine food safety inspections, it was because the guy Obama appointed decided the former was essential and the latter was not.
If Trump’s guy, Vaught decides to, he can literally just declare anything they wanted to fund essential.
Of course the alternative is the republicans doing the same thing, except with the democrat’s cooperation.