POTUS shouldn't have power to shut down govt, without consent of Congress. Pass a law. Founders did not create executive powers for the purpose of extortion. Bring checks and balances back... to a reasonable balance.
100% agree.
In "dumb, drunk, racist, and backward" Australia, at whom the whole world laughs "Who is Prime Minister in Australia this week",...there wouldn't be any of that "the federal govt is shut down" shyte going on.
Her Majesty the Queen, via her Governor-General in Australia, would dissolve the parliament and call a new election.
Upstart politicians soon get smacked down. [When elected they have to swear allegiance to the Monarch].
[tis why bambu-ilk love Australia's Constitutional Monarchy system so much].