As the continuing government shutdown inflicts greater suffering on federal workers and their families, deprives the American public of needed services and inflates the President’s negative poll numbers, one has to wonder why Mr. Trump continues to resist a reasonable resolution.
The obvious reasons involve Mr. Trump’s concern for the support of his base and the right-wing media and his preternatural aversion to being labeled a loser. However, I suggest there is another, more insidious motive for his perpetuation of the shutdown.
Reporting indicates that the absence of government funding is curtailing operation of the court system and halting law enforcement activities, including the work of grand juries. Would it come as a surprise that Mr. Trump welcomes the inability of grand juries to complete investigations and return criminal indictments knowing full well that he and members of his family are likely subjects of those investigations?
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