John Heilemann on the Shutdown: The Smoke Signals Are Going Up for Trump To Get Involved

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HEILEMANN: "And then the latter, the last category, you know, I think a lot of people from the beginning of the shutdown thought, on the basis of history, recent history and more distant history, that you would start to see Democrats crack before Republicans did, especially since there were a couple of Democratic senators who voted to keep the government open back 36 days ago or whatever it was we started this. The signs, you’re starting to see those cracks on the Republican side that we expected to see on the Democratic side a month ago. And, you know, we’re — now it’s the longest, as of today, longest, I believe, today or tomorrow, the longest shutdown, federal government shutdown in history. I think, you know, the smoke signals are going up for Trump to get involved and give congressional Republicans a fig leaf, a way to get out of this."