I think a shutdown is the intended DOGE outcome. Nobody gets paid, but all the essential workers still have to work. As a shutdown drags on, they will stop showing up for work and can be fired for cause.
It could either accomplish their goal or backfire spectacularly. I doubt there is much room for middle ground.
I'd like to elaborate that makes sense you what information you lack. In general, competition between adversaries always exists, and in the same way that you might compensate a spy, you'd compensate a saboteur. In specific, China has a market and raw materials that are of great interest to some businessmen, Russia has materials and geopolitical connections.
unfortunately for holiday travelers, the TSA will be one of those agencies that keeps working :/
on a more serious note, this would be terrible for Americans at all levels (including, but not only, the Federal employees themselves), but sounds very much like a page out of Musk's book
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 41.8 ms ] threadIt could either accomplish their goal or backfire spectacularly. I doubt there is much room for middle ground.
on a more serious note, this would be terrible for Americans at all levels (including, but not only, the Federal employees themselves), but sounds very much like a page out of Musk's book
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/19/us/trump-spending-go...