Ok.
I'm german and trying to recap the facts i am aware of so please don't jump on me when i get something wrong here.
POTUS offered the D's nearly everything they wanted before.
But they rejected his offer five minutes before the actual speech.
So they obviously don't care about the shutdown.
As far as i understand there are two options now.
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RIF
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National Emergency
If POTUS would call out a national emergency, normies and the MSM would say he is abusing his power.
If he relies on the RIF that would have some positive aspects.
First: He would stick to the law and does what the constitution has planed for this case.
So actually nobody can blame POTUS of wrongdoing because he strictly follows the law.
Second: By clearing the government of unessential or underperforming branches he could drain the swamp at a speed we would have never thought to be possible.
Am i getting something wrong here?