Trump's threats are unprecedented - America's laws are being shredded

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : All previous American presidents have conceded there can be no winners from a government shutdown, and that the mere notion of bringing the machinery of non-essential governance to a standstill is to be avoided at all costs.
54% : It depicts the two men briefing reporters at the White House following a futile meeting earlier this week with Trump, and Jeffries (the first African American ever to serve in his position) is shown wearing a sombrero and sporting a large moustache that the Democrats argue is racist.
52% : The President's distribution of the video has deeply unnerved Democrats, who fear that many Americans may actually believe that it represents reality, further undermining public confidence in the party and politics more generally.
50% : "I can't believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this opportunity", Trump gleefully wrote.
44% : Trump said that he would personally determine "whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent", an effort that blatantly overrides the constitutional role allotted to Congress in deciding how the nation spends its money.
27% : But Trump is relishing the opportunity to try and persuade the public that the Democrats are to blame for the standoff.

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