In the history of mankind, many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state. TR
President Trump upped the ante with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday, calculating that people will care more about border security than whether the government is shut down. He might be right, in which case Democrats will get the blame for shutting down the government, not Trump.