Trump Discusses Government Shutdown and Democrat Programs

Trump's Perspective on the Government Shutdown

• 📌 The current government shutdown is framed as something that "shouldn't have happened" and was initiated after the election.
• 💡 Trump suggests the shutdown is beneficial because it allows for the closure of Democrat programs that were previously opposed.

Strategic Closure of Programs

• 🎯 The administration is actively closing programs that are described as Democrat programs, with the intention that they "will never come back."
• 🚀 These programs are characterized as "socialist" or "semi-communist," with a promise to list the most egregious ones.
• ✅ Republican programs are not being closed because they are considered effective.

Political Implications of the Shutdown

• 📉 Trump believes the Democrats are getting killed politically by the shutdown, even if they are not communicating this to the public.
• 🗣️ He states he has not previously expressed this blunt assessment of the political damage to Democrats.