Looming Shutdown Would Be a Disaster for Trump

Jan 06, 2018, 02:32 PM

During a fight over a spending bill last year, President Donald Trump tweeted that the federal government needed "a good shutdown" to force Democrats to cooperate. But as Congress steams toward a Jan. 19 deadline to prevent a government shutdown in 2018, there's strong evidence from history that there is no such thing as a "good shutdown" for the White House.