Dear Mr. President ....

President Trump should make clear that this current government shutdown is about so much more than a fight for border wall funding.  It is about no longer going about the business of government "with a business as usual mentality."  No more "passing a [monster] bill in order to see what is in it."  No more kicking the can on down the road.  No more purely partisan politics over seeing to the real needs of "We the People" FIRST.  That's why Trump got elected.  The PEOPLE were tired of business as usual.  Quite frankly it is this "business as usual" attitude that has brought us here to this point, some twenty years later, where nothing meaningful has been done to address true border security and comprehensive immigration reform.  If government is to reopen without a provision for an expansion of a physical barrier along the southern border, then we are back to business as usual once again and nothing has changed.  Nothing will likely ever change???

3-D Chess

Think those in Congress sorely underestimate President Trump, on both the right and the left.  In my humble opinion, Trump has been observing the workings of government, these past several months --both in terms of strengths and short-comings.  President Trump is NOT your typical politician.  He does what it takes to get the job done.  From my perspective, Trump has embarked upon a 3-D game Chess strategy, while the consummate politicians are still playing within the here-to-fore established 2-D boundaries.  Think there are going to be some surprised people when the dust settles on down the road.