Name:   Carlson - Subject:   Who and what is essential? Date:   1/19/2019 10:30:26 AM

Could it be? Could the "shutdown" be a Trump trap? A proverbial rock and hard place for establishment democrats and republicans and the 'deep state'? The impossible choice...fund the wall to end the shutdown before the 'reduction in force' can trigger or stand your ground and have all your insiders purged in a permanent reduction of federal workers? Back in the spring of 2017, Trump had unveiled his proposed budget that called for slashing federal workforces. ( https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/328899-brace-yourself-federal-employees-the-reductions-in-force-are ) There have been repeated reports of federal employees protected in their positions due to federal employment rules that were "resisting" Trump and complaints by Department heads stating that they could not get much done because of many of the "workers" within the federal government. As the article lays out below, the OMB issued guidance on 'Reduction in Force' (RIF). Read the link above from 2017... Trump wanted to do it then. If the current shutdown runs past 30 days (which is quickly approaching) then Trump may have just 'checkmated' the 'deep state', dems and establishment republicans by purging the federal government of all of their peeps working or 'resisting' to preserve the moronic state religion until they get rid of 'orange man'. Tweet, tweet, meme, tweet..... Make them look left while you juke right.... cancelling Pelosi's private jet, leaving her bags on a luggage cart outside her office.... this shutdown may not be about a Wall at all but about reaching the necessary time period to "legally" start reducing a bloated federal workforce. He could be after both... wall funding and RIF. Trump may just get his cake and eat it too. Interesting article.