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If the shut down runs into February, it won't be the current $6 billion a week we are flushing down the toilet every week that gets the headlines. We will see the economy begin to take a huge hit. This could even be enough to shred any gains Trump could claim to have made in two years and to push us into recession. Nobody is going to blame the Democrats if that happens. The Trump rhetoric is " the government could open tomorrow if the Democrats give us what we want" but the reality is if the Democrats yeilded on this, then Trump would shut down the government every chance he got to get more. That simple reality means the Dems have little choice but to hold their ground. The truth is the discussion on border protection does not end if Trump backs off, and he and his supporters know it. This is not about a "wall" to them. This is about not wanting to lose to Democrats at any cost. They are pot committed at this point to a game of chicken where there is no winner because the country as a whole will suffer. If after the last few weeks of watching how elastic the definition the "wall" is and how little they care how it is paid for, and how little they care what other factors go into immigration reform, you still think this actually has anything to do with border security then you are incredibly naive. But if they drive this to the point the economy suffers, then they have cut off their nose to spite their face.