trump plays the politics of his base, always has. his base doesn't care if the government shuts down. it might cheer it if it means him standing firm on getting the wall. trump believes that is the fundamental promise he made to his base. this congress that is going to vote or not vote on a shut down is not the congress that is coming in in the 116th in january. a lot of the people are on the way out on the republican side. do they stay loyal to trump? many of them lost in marginal districts. do they blame trump and not help him? it's hard to know. if they shut down politically speaking could be not all that impactful, this would be sort of the time to do it around the holidays not most of the government. and a long, long time from an election. >> because for once congress did