As the partial government shutdown drags into its fourth week,with no clear end in sight, it seems like the mainstream press and the majority of Twitter users remain skeptical of Trump’s chances to successfully acquire his requested funding of the U.
S.-Mexico border wall. With neo-conservative critics like Ann Coulter decrying the president’s latest gambit — Trump’s offer to extend protections for DACA recipients by three years, or per Axios — and Democrat boosters simply reiterating their position against the border barrier writ large,to many it may seek like Trump has exhausted all options.
Not so.
Despite the fact that an estimated 800000 federal employees remain on furlough or on delayed pay schedules, this may actually present an opportunity for the president. A recent op-ed by a purported member of the Trump administration to the Daily Caller makes the case for an even longer freeze-out, or one that would eventually see the bloated bureaucracy forced to trim the proverbial fat.
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Source: inquisitr.com