Dead end

The last week altercation between Trump and the shithole countries narratives are getting narrower in perspectives, bigger in crescendo, catastrophic in effects and dynamic in proportion. Like I wrote in the earlier article that produced this sequel,that  “an indolect act of two sitting old Presidents who have seemingly lost touch with today's realities is capable of causing different catastrophe in both countries”, has finally come home to roost.

Negotiations between both aisles in the house is a customary thing, what is however not normal is a situation that allows emotions to seize the logic in argument and emboldened whatever is left to the realm of stupidity. On immigration, Trump wanted the wall built by tax payers money in exchange for DACA, While the Democrats prefer not to substitute the dreams of the dreamers with nightmares. So we end up with this:

The House and Senate had on midnight.Friday, January, 20th failed to pass a spending bill before the federal government ran out of money and closed its doors. Despite controlling every lever of government, Republicans are somehow in a quagmire that they can’t get the votes together to keep the government open. The USA government has therefore officially shut down.

The implications of a government shut down is simpler to understand here than in Nigeria. For example, Washington has become a ghost town and our room occupancy in the hotel has dropped below 40% as cancellation calls came in droves. The country’s governmental processes is divided into two- the essentials and non-essentials-the essentials will function and the other will be dormant. And if any country thinks it wants to attack USA at its weakest time, such country may be history even before the shutdown period elapses. My colleagues wondered how we handle government shut down at home?

I told them we have bipartisan and honourable representatives and senators who are selfless in their approach to national issues. And that we have brilliant 36 governors executing the affairs of all our virile states without fear or favour. And that our public infrastructures is set up in a way that its functionality does not depend on government. We equally run a true federalism that ensures total independence of all arms and tiers of government.

On the economic front, our natural resources are maximized by the intelligent manpower that is hired based on merit and not on any lopsided quota system. And for safety, our public servants keep all our money in international banks around the world in their names and manage them in trust for us.

They are still marvelling at how ingenious it is to have a police system that does not depend on the government for their remuneration. I assured them, self sustenance is our mainstay and that's why our government does not burden us with tax and still keep the government running.

And above all, our President runs an all inclusive government that ensures all 160 million of us participate in governance,especially when he's abroad receiving medical treatment. I told them we never had a government shut down. And that's the truth, I only hope they know I was joking!