Summary
With a government shutdown looming, Democrats are debating whether to use it as leverage against Trump’s sweeping federal cuts.
Some argue withholding support for a funding bill could challenge Trump’s radical restructuring, including mass firings and agency shutdowns.
The GOP-controlled Congress must secure Democratic votes to pass a funding bill, but hard-right demands complicate negotiations.
Concerns grow that Trump may exploit a shutdown to sideline federal agencies, raising fears that this could be the most disruptive shutdown yet.
Absolutely. This is why the Treasury was one of the first places DOGE went to. It was the keys to the kingdom. If they’re siphoning money out (they already raked back a payment to New York State), they’ll have money to pay their people while making anyone else suffer the shutdown.
Further, with Musk’s personal valuation of wealth, he could literally just take out a massive loan with his wealth as collateral and pay their teams as well.
…and list it as a political donation, which then would come off whatever taxes he still has to pay. So essentially, Musk’s taxes would be diverted directly to DOGE.