Since his swearing in, Trump has been pursuing plans laid out in Project 2025 to dramatically expand presidential power and reduce the size of the federal workforce. They include efforts like the Department of Government Efficiency and budget rescission packages, which have led to billions of dollars being stalled, scrapped or withheld by the administration so far this year.
They are now using the shutdown to accelerate their progress.
He said he’d date his daughter. I believe that one.
She’s attractive and he probably doesn’t know or respect her any more than any other woman he’s encountered, so it checks out.