Just a reminder, when Trump says we need the Artisan Steel Slats to stop the evil drugs from coming in, he’s also responsible for this:

The Coast Guard is the only branch of the military directly affected by the partial shutdown that began Saturday because it’s funded through the Department of Homeland Security. The other branches receive their money through Department of Defense appropriations, which were signed into law in September.

With the DHS funding lapsed, roughly 44,000 active-duty Coast Guard members will be working without paychecks until Congress and the White House reach a deal to reopen the government and provide back pay.

Another 6,000 Coast Guard employees are being furloughed, according to DHS guidance. That means they won’t be working and any pay for the shutdown period would have to come retroactively, through an act of Congress.

The Coast Guard stops a lot of drug smuggling since there is a lot more coastline than border. Also, who thought it was a good idea to move a branch of the military to DHS instead of the DoD? (I still really dislike DHS and think that all the agencies within it should be moved back to their old Departments, but I think that ship has sailed)