Trump clarified his statement the other day...
No one gets a free plane ride until Congress comes to the table.
There is also talk from the Whitehouse that if the shutdown continues, now would be the time to save more money by downsizing the government with some permanent layoffs.
"The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon, and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Gen. T.J. Jackson, March 1861
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