You know, last time he was like, oh, yes, shut down the government. That's exactly what I want. This time he's very clearly freaking out. And the reason that he's freaking out is because The economy is stuttering right now. He politically cannot afford to send the economy over a cliff. So his. Russ Vogt, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, sent this memo saying they would just start willy nilly firing people. (04:04–04:07)
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