US government shuts down and Trump goes online -- very online - CNBC TV18

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Trump posted a clip of his appearance, but with a soundtrack of mariachi music.
52% : Democrats say they won't vote for any spending legislation unless it extends health care subsidies, used to purchase insurance through the Affordable Care Act, that are scheduled to expire at the end of the year. Republicans accuse them of being obstructionist, insisting that government operations should be funded while other policies are negotiated separately.
49% : Like so many other times when he's faced complex crises with no easy solutions, Trump seems determined to post his way through it.
44% : There was another red flag for Trump in a one-day text message poll conducted October 1 by the Washington Post.
30% : The presidential trolling began on Monday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Trump and Republicans at the White House.
29% : Trump did not have any public appearances scheduled on Thursday.
27% : A recent New York Times/Siena poll, which was conducted before the shutdown began, found slightly more registered voters would blame Trump and Republicans in Congress than Democrats.
25% : Back then, Trump took most of the blame, with an Associated Press-NORC poll showing about 7 in 10 Americans saying he had "a great deal" or "quite a bit" of responsibility.
23% : On the 30th day of that shutdown, Politico tallied 40 tweets from Trump, including a complaint that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was acting "so irrationally" and gratitude for federal employees for "working so hard for your Country and not getting paid."
12% : Read more: Putin praises Trump but warns US missile supplies to Ukraine will damage relations Trump appears determined to move the needle -- or at least blow off some steam -- with his account on Truth Social, a social media platform founded by Trump after he was banned from Twitter following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
10% : Trump posted a deepfake video of the lawmakers, with Schumer saying, "nobody likes Democrats anymore."

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