what he pointed out completely blows your view on this matter out of the water. Trump supported what was passed, while you said they all knew he wouldn't sign it because he said so publicly. Passing it was all for political show, you said. turns out Trump supported the CR and it wasn't a just a political play by (at the time Republican led) Congress. and your response is OK, yet here we are? at the very minimum, a reasonable individual might reconsider his stance on this matter being 'both sides'. One man is responsible for this shutdown, and he's now getting help by another man, the leader in the Senate. this is not a both sides issue, at least not this time. the sooner we all say that, the sooner this will get solved and the 2 people responsible for this might back down. by playing the both sides card, you let Trump and McConnell off the hook and let this thing drag out longer.