We have now had a partial government shutdown for about a month. This started after President Donald Trump clearly stated: “I am proud to shut down the government.” He made it clear that in order to push through his legislation, he would hold 800,000 federal workers’ paychecks hostage. This was and is his strategy, but now he wants to blame Democrats in spite of his clear statement that “I will be the one to shut it down…I’m not going to blame you for it.”