As the analyst noted, the president-elect could have stayed on the sidelines as opposing members of the House hammered out a budget deal to make sure the government was still functioning when he assumes power on Jan. 20, but
couldn't keep himself from meddling.
Noting a shutdown would be the first since
Trump was last in office, he noted that Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) pointed out, "It’s a fascinating mess," to which he added, "this is just the first act of what promises to be a four-year circus."
"For those too young to remember the last go-round, this is what governing looks like under Trump," he predicted. "Musk’s destruction of the spending bill was particularly ugly, for it showed that, with Trump in charge, an unelected megabillionaire can bring the U.S. government to a halt by employing MAGA’s trademark mixture of vitriol, threat and disinformation."
In his column for the Washington Post, longtime political observer Dana Milbank marveled at Donald Trump's ability to gum up the works of the U.S. government more than a month before he is sworn in.As the analyst noted, the president-elect could have stayed on the sidelines as opposing members...
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