BTRTN: The Great Wall of Trump... How The Shutdown Ends

Born to Run the Numbers speculates on how the great Trump v. Pelosic Shutdown Stalemate will end.

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2019/01/btrtn-great-wall-of-trump-how-shutdown.html

Excerpts:
"New stories about the government shutdown have a frothy head of excitement about the utter intractability of the two opposing positions. Giddy reporters behave like they have been tipped off and know the location of the railroad crossing where a high speed train will next smack into a stalled SUV...

"The combustible ingredients are all here. Nancy Pelosi could not have been more clear in saying that the Democrats would not approve a single dollar for building an “immoral” wall. Donald Trump has said that he will keep the government shut down for “years,” if need be, but that he will never cave in on his demand that Congress provide $5.6 billion funding for the wall. Somebody’s bluff is going to get called, and that is certain to be a humiliating surrender… right?

"Wrong. Sadly, it is easy to predict how this is going to get resolved. Sure, there may be a slight variations on the script, but it is likely to go down looking something like this..."