Pelosi and Schumer didn’t want to leave the room without making it appear it’s Trump shutdown.....Pelosi raised this as a Trump shutdown and that’s when it went off the rails.....Schumer echoed it.....and then Trump basically said...Ok if that’s what you want I’ll shut it down....
I think it was Reagan who shut it down 5 times to get what he wanted. Though it’s not a welcomed event for obvious reasons but since the Congress doesn’t do anything anyway what difference would it make there.
I think it was Rush who said that the gov’t shuts down every weekend. And life goes on...