One week into the government shutdown, top Republican leaders appear to have lost the plot.

President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats, just barely concealing tensions over strategy that have snowballed behind the scenes since agencies closed last week.

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    6 days ago

    I mean, I think it’s pretty tightly bounded by when airports shut down. If all planes are grounded for any length of time, that’s an economic collapse kinda no matter what you do.

    Plus with the holidays coming up? No, I think they are gonna panic when the air traffic controllers start walking out en masse cause they’re not getting paid.

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      I think airport controllers are going to walk out… and that’s just the end of it. It’s project 2025. The end of the year is total control. Basically martial law by the end of the year is my bet.