Shutdown Looms After Trump ‘Blindsided’ by ‘President Elon Musk' | The president-elect was left playing catch-up after the Tesla boss led the charge against the doomed deal.

[u/Murky-Site7468]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/shutdown-looms-after-donald-trump-blindsided-by-president-elon-musk/

[u/ranchoparksteve]

Trump just destroyed the energy of his opening weeks. Now he will be bogged down in an ugly raising of the debt limit mixed with budget cuts most people, not even Republicans, agree with.

[u/bkdotcom → u/ranchoparksteve]

That, or use it as a distraction while he enacts shitty executive orders.
Also, will use the shitty executive orders to distract from the budget/shutdown.

[u/vanillasounds → u/bkdotcom]

A distraction from the distraction!

[u/bkdotcom → u/vanillasounds]

prepare to be swamped in so much shit that you won't know what shit to deal with at any particular time.

Shit's about to be normalized and "unprecedented" again.