Spending mess shows Dems will try to stop Trump every step of the way which is why he must act fast

The worst thing any government can do is to fail to act on their promises. Across the world, there are governments of all stripes suffering for doing just that.In Britain, the Labour government is already sinking in the opinion polls because they promised things they haven´t been able to do. And they have also done things they promised not to do — like raising taxes.It´s the same in Germany, Italy, and other European countries, where governments promised to deport illegal asylum seekers and have so far failed to get almost anyone out of their countries.But before the Trump administration has even taken office there is a political problem that should have easily been avoided.The prospect of a government shutdown didn´t come out of the blue. It came out of the machinations of Chuck Schumer and other Democrats. They have spent recent days plotting to make sure that the spending bill they want to push through has enough bad things in it that they knew that Republicans couldn´t vote for it.President Trump has already responded by insisting that Republican lawmakers tear up the bipartisan agreement. Elon Musk went on a 4 am X rampage insisting that the spending bill “should not pass.” He continued “Unless DOGE ends the careers of deceitful pork-barrel politicians, the waste and corruption will never stop.” He is right. And so there is a real possibility that the government could shut down this weekend. This will mean the usual haul of stories about park rangers failing to get their Christmas pay and much more. And there is a more than distinct chance that the Democrats will then get to pretend to the American public that the big bad Republicans are the people responsible for the government shut-down, with all the negative stories it will bring with it.But it could all have been avoided. After all, the fact that Chuck Schumer may have spent the period before the inauguration plotting to harm the Republicans should have come as a surprise to no one.�...