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The Gov't Is Shutting Down Because Musk Has Factories In China
There’s a mundane reason for the late-term chaos, and it’s called a conflict of interest.
Trump had to be roused to back up his co-president, getting House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to construct a partisan solution while inserting an eleventh-hour, two-year suspension of the debt limit to prevent the Republican trifecta from having to deal with that nuisance in the next Congress. So Donald Trump, alleged leader of the realignment of populist Republicans, scuttled a spending bill primarily to shield the richest man in the world’s investments in China and the profits of UnitedHealth Group, owners of the second-largest pharmacy benefit manager. Millions of federal employees, including service members, won’t see paychecks over Christmas, national parks will be shut down, food inspections and countless other government functions will stop because a Elon Musk doesn’t want anyone poking around his business in China.
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