Why Republicans will probably be blamed for a shutdown (original) (raw)

President-elect Donald Trump talks with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Vice President-elect JD Vance, right, during the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Maryland, last week. (John McDonnell for The Washington Post)

The federal government has been hurtling toward a shutdown at midnight early Saturday ever since Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump blew up a bipartisan deal to fund the government two days ago. And while Trump had been slow to engage and has provided mixed signals about his desires, there is one consistent through line of his commentary: wanting this to be President Joe Biden’s problem.