Disk closure is a massive failure in Washington

But he is not the only one who has failed in his duty. The Republican-run Senate does nothing to offer its president a way to save face. And while House Democrats are voting to pass bills to reopen the government, they do not seem to be doing much to break the stalemate. Before Trump was president, party leaders seemed at least willing to fund a border fence as part of broader immigration legislation.

Trump urged party leaders on Friday to return to Washington and vote for a wall, fence or other. to call it – even "peaches".

"It's there that I ask the Democrats to come back to Washington and vote for money for the wall, the fence, as you want to call it, I'm fine," said the president at a round table on immigration to the White House.

"They can name it as they like, they can call it" peaches. "I do not care what they call, but we need money for that fence," he said. -he adds.

This deadlock represents a crucial first battle between Trump and his Democratic enemies in the new era of divided Washington government.

But every battle has victims. And currently, 800,000 public servants feel insulted, forgotten and worried about rent, mortgage, paying car fees and medical bills that accumulate.

. They might notice, on their way home, that the country's transportation system is under tension. Many of these TSA agents who ensure the safety of travelers work without pay. A Tampa airport opens a food bank for its employees.

"I beg the two houses of Congress, I ask the American people to kindly look around and understand that federal workers have a face – we have families" said Jacqueline Maloney, a CNN-paid federal employee, Brooke Baldwin, told CNN in an emotional interview: "We may not be a neighbor, your best friend, the mother of your best friend, your aunt, your cousin, we are everywhere. "

Closures generally end when political leaders caught in the stalemate calculate that the political damage caused by a firm stance is beginning to outweigh the embarrassment of the overthrow.

With stories of anger and deprivation of government Actors stuck in a terrible situation beyond their control and who now dominate the coverage of the news, this point could be closer.

However, neither side is showing any sign of a crack.

C is on Trump

Without Trump, there would have been no stop. The president, apparently fearful of a violent reaction by the conservative media, refused to keep the government open until Christmas, unless he received funds.

"The only way to stop it is to use a very powerful wall or steel fence," Trump told the White House on Friday

while he's looking to get some taxpayer money to build a wall that he promised Mexico to pay, the President presents the fake affirmations that the neighbor of America has already settled – in the future ratified a new trade agreement.

According to any conventional measure, Trump is guilty of having placed his own political ego over the interests of Americans that he directs. Despite all the power of his campaign rhetoric among his followers, he has not changed the political hand at all. He seems to forget that in a divided government, a president can not demand what he wants.

Proponents of Trump argue that there is a real crisis at the border and that we qualify as "false news" any argument that a wall along the border with Mexico does not exist. It may not be the best way to fight drug trafficking and asylum applications that are skyrocketing.

In fact, the wall has become an emotional center of Trump's relationship with his political base – and such a symbol of dislike for the president for those who oppose him, c & # 39; has become an insoluble issue.

And the public servants pay the price.

"In the end, nothing can excuse the political cascade just because the president had pledged to run for office and after," said Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York, in an interview granted to CNN.

"He can not do it and must keep his promises for his constituency.He should just get up and say that I've tried and move on to the next step." His Id Bloomberg, a possible candidate for the Democratic presidency for 2020. "There is no problem or constituency, the president has not been elected representative of a party or a small group.It is supposed to be the representative of an entire country. "

Up to now, Trump has stood firm. on his threat to declare a national emergency and reprogram the Pentagon funds – perhaps from disaster relief projects in Puerto Rico and Texas – to finance his wall.

Such an approach could allow him to proclaim a victory that most people will think hollow. . He could possibly sell his supporters during a legal battle after an almost certain legal challenge and reap political capital.

But this would also represent a fundamental disregard for constitutional governance, as a future president, thwarted by the Congress Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy

Failure of Congress to unblock the impasse has disgusted some of his most venerable events.

"How can we solve this problem? We owe it to the American people. It's like a circus," said Republican Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama earlier this week.

McConnell refused to follow up on Democratic House bills to open various government agencies because Trump will not agree to sign them.

For the moment, McConnell has no desire to pave the way for the Republican coalition by breaking with a president who has used his dedicated base to punish all dissidents of his party.

There may be a time when an obvious discomfort will occur. GOP members such as Senator Colorado, Cory Gardner, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and Maine Senator Susan Collins, are beginning to ruin McConnell's life. Murkowski calls at the end of closure "class =" media_image "src =" http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180925141218-02-lisa-murkowski-09-25-2018-large-169 .jpg "/>