Trump administration hit with shutdown after 1 year in office

The US government, the government touted as the most powerful in the world has been officially in shutdown since Saturday according to the New York Times. This as a result of a failure to reach a deal between the democrats and republicans that would extend operations temporarily until a more permanent solution is found.

The shutdown is essentially over money, or specifically over the inability of the relevant parties to reach an agreement over the budget. When no agreement is reached ,by the now passed deadline, no money is made available to pay salaries and fund projects for many sections of the US administration – the government , for all major practical purposes, ceases to function. Some essential parts of government will continue such as active duty military, but they will only be paid when the shutdown ends.

“This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present,” president Trump wrote on Twitter before dawn, appending the hashtag #DemocratShutdown. The Democrats ,for their part, blame the republicans for this crippling impasse.

 

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17 Comments

  1. Man bite dogs
    January 22, 2018

    @ Francisco, you are a two heads snake not knowing which side of the wall you are but sooner or later the far right wing and Trump Will get people like you, just make sure you are not Dominican, and again just to let you know without hangout from Dominicans so-called American Lennox Linton, Would not have survived as long as he has. YOU can go to hell and take all your lies with you. :twisted: :twisted: ??‍♂️

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      January 22, 2018

      Thank you Mr. Man bit Dog; one thing I can tell you is that it is good to be a two head snake oui!

      Hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahah:

      I do not know how you manage to deduce that, but remember a serpent is a smart creature eh!

      That is why I have one head in Dominica, and one in America:

      I am a Dominican by birth; and an American by citizenship. When we throw Roosevelt and his Cabalists out of power; I might just return, build a house, and live between Wesley, and Los Angeles.

      I hope Roosevelt is prepared to live in France, leave Dominica for the King kid Francisco; cause I doh sharing Dominica oxygen with him. Once we kick him to the curb we will make sure he live in exile for the rest of his life!

  2. J.John Charles
    January 22, 2018

    Yes out of 51 senators on Republican side 3 or 4 voted no.but out of 49 democrats I think only 4 or 5 voted yes and even if all 51 had voted yes you still need 9 dem.because 60 is needed.also let us not be fooled they know that their seats are in trouble.Trump gave the congress 6 months to take care of those who came here as minors and the expiry date is march. And Dem.is telling the president you must legalize them now if not we are shutting the government.Ij Ute really want them to get their papers but the fact is they are co illegals

  3. Yampen
    January 22, 2018

    But Dominica’s government has been shut down for years! DNO, I don’t remember you announce the U.S. government shut down that occurred in 2013. I guess Trump wasn’t in office.

    ADMIN: We posted at least one story on the 2013 shutdown: https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/general/us-embassy-affected-partial-shutdown-us-government/

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      January 22, 2018

      “But Dominica’s government has been shut down for years!  ”

      What a coincident, I just express the same sentiments in a slightly different way; but that is how our people operate, we mind the business of other well developed nations, while ignoring what is in our face at home.

      some of those who are running their mouth off do so based on the amount American Television they watch; but take them out of that box in which they live, they become naked as the day they were born, he is simply running his mouth off as if he knows. Meanwhile he ignores the fact that without handouts, Dominica is all but dead!

  4. J.John Charles
    January 22, 2018

    Democrats are suffering from Trump’s syndrome..every thing they 4 is in the bill to keep government running,but they still fighting against children’s health insurance (chip) they 4 the military but still fighting against it.The Senate needs 60 votes and you cannot get at least 9 or 10.Remember there are only 51 Republicans.
    Not one democrat voted in favor of lowering taxes on the middle class they so loved. They say resist Trump

    • Daryl joseph
      January 22, 2018

      I guess no comments about the Four Republicans who choose not to vote.
      Btw who are the majority?
      Let’s be objective, are the democrats playing politics of course they are but what do expected when they were told they had a deal then two days later told no deal on DECA

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        January 22, 2018

        That guy is so ignorant, he should simply fly off one of Dominica’s mountains he might be better off, running his mouth talking nonsense as if anybody cares!

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      January 22, 2018

      Guy why don’t you shut up, and mind your business?

      You babbling like an idiot talking about what you do not know; perhaps you would be much better off contracting on the mess existing in Dominica, and the suffering Roosevelt brought on our nation.

      Deal with that!

      The Federal Government of the United States is shut down; life has not change for anyone, people are going about their normal business unaffected. What concern is that of yours or anybody living in Dominica. I live in Los Angeles, I woke up this morning, looked out, and have not seen anything different than I saw last year, or before the government shut down.

      Dominica government is always in a shut down mood because you all ad Skerrit have no money to operate the country. Your source of money is begging, or from the sale of passports; in America, whether Federal Government or not life goes on!  Shut up, just shut up!

      • Roy Williams
        January 22, 2018

        In one breathe you are criticizing Skeritt, as far as you are concerned, you have the God given right to do so. In another breathe, you are shutting one’s right to free speech. Francisco Telemaque, you are not consistent or maybe you are the idiot. Respectable men don’t publicly insult their brothers or sisters, whenever, their is a difference of opinion.

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        January 22, 2018

        Well Roy, let’s take the idiot part first; maybe I am an idiot, who doesn’t  I am an idiot; so perhaps I have to take you words for granted!

        Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!

        Nevertheless, boy I know what I am talking about, whereas the other clown, and you do not know all what is involved. He is talking nonsense about the democrats: what the fool do not know is the Democrats are fighting for the rights of more than seven (700,000) thousand people who were brought here, by their parents five years old or younger.

        They are people who are not criminals, have not broken any law as adults, very educated; some own business, employing Americans born; why should Trump want to deport people who are that productive, and possess other potentials which the nation needs?

        That idiot talking is one of the stupid Dominicans supporting Trump, he has forgotten Trump hate Black people, so much so he think Black people are from s…-hole country. He also said all Haitians have Aids! 

  5. Roy Williams
    January 22, 2018

    What a country, the Democrats have decided to shut down the government because of an ILLEGAL immigration bill. Many Americans are going to get up this morning without a salary. Sometimes, I wonder were is America’s priorities, their own people or foreigners.

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      January 22, 2018

      Roy, I will extend the same invitation to you by telling you to shut up, and mind your business; how many Dominicans are out of a job and without money since Ross Medical School pulled of Dominica?

      How many Dominicans are without a job and money since Palmolive Colgate puled out of Dominica? No mater who people are in America, work or work not they will get a check from somewhere!

      And it is not going to come by a handout from any politician; that is why I keep telling idiots like you to shut up, If the Democrats shut down the government because of some immigration bill, don’t you think there could be one Dominica born who came here as a child, and may be in that same category as the seven hundred thousand people!

      Mind your business, and the rubbish that is taking place in Dominica. People are waking up hungry in Dominica  every morning, when that happens in America is by choice, or some mental illness!

      Don’t you see Skerrit have all his children born in America; ask him…

    • U S citizen
      January 22, 2018

      The Democrats did not shut down country. The racist president and his followers did.

    • mine
      January 23, 2018

      Dems did not shut down the Government, see who is control of the house.

  6. Looking on
    January 22, 2018

    Yes I. This is what I call democracy! How I wish Dominica was really democratic

  7. anonymous2
    January 22, 2018

    I hope it stays shut down. It saves the people some money. Washington DC is a foreign entity anyway, not part of the United States.

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