President Trump and Republicans Leaders would like nothing more than to pull us into the mud of a protracted government shutdown. For Donald Trump, a shutdown would be a gift. It would be the best distraction he could ask for from his awful agenda. Right now, Donald Trump owns the chaos in the government. He owns the chaos in the stock market. He owns the damage happening to our economy. The stock market is crashing and consumer confidence is plummeting. Donald Trump is hoping for a shutdown, because it will distract from their true agenda: delivering massive tax cuts to the rich paid for on the backs on American families. He wants to gut Social Security, hollow-out Medicaid, and slap taxes on consumer goods through his reckless trade wars.