A few brief thoughts on this:
The outcome is another example of how Trump is not entirely immune to the normal laws of politics. In every past shutdown, the side trying to get something it didn't have beforehand lost the PR battle and ended up having to back down. Same thing here.
Sadly, we might well be back in the same place 3 weeks from now and/or Trump might then try to use emergency powers to build the wall. But if the latter were truly an attractive option for him, he might well have tried to do so already. From a political point of view, the emergency powers strategy might still be his best option, as it avoids another shutdown he would be blamed for, while also enabling him to claim he isn't backing down on the wall. Whether or not it benefits Trump, the emergency powers route would (especially if it succeeds) be bad for the public interest.
I am no fan of Nancy Pelosi. But she did a great job battling Trump over the wall. I wish, however, she showed equal concern for addressing other unjust anti-immigrant policies and other examples of wasteful government spending.
No, the shutdown was not somehow an experiment in libertarianism. For a good explanation of this point, see here:
And the circus show continues. The sad part is these power struggles between the POTUS and his opposition have very little real life ramifications on the players and rather the citizens are the ones that suffer
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