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The U.S. government remains partially closed for the third time this year, notwithstanding that Republicans control the White House and both houses of Congress at this time.

Trump first said he'd be "proud" to shut down the government if he didn't get his way on building his pointless border wall. But then he tried to pass the buck and blame Democrats, notwithstanding they are currently the minority party. So much for his pride.

It's worth noting that, in 2013, private citizen Trump lambasted President Obama for a government shutdown in his second term (details here). Trump said "the president’s the leader and he has to get everyone in a room and lead and he doesn’t do that. He doesn’t like doing that -- that is not his strength. And that’s why you have this horrible situation going on in Washington too. It’s a very, very bad thing and it’s also embarrassing worldwide."

Five years later, Trump could be talking about himself. But then again, we all know Trump is raging hypocrite.

The Daily Beast had an interesting take on the shutdown (link here) where they said Trump falsely believes he's "winning" the stalemate he created.

He apparently thinks he can derail the new Democrat-controlled House and scuttle their legislative agenda by keeping the government closed. And part of that agenda is investigating him.

Which then leads us to the question: Is this the true purpose of the shutdown -- to protect himself legally? If so, it's abhorrent to realize that a President would deliberately throw millions of Americans into hardship just to protect his corrupt administration.