The following article, The Shutdown Is Over—Democrats Just Haven’t Read the Memo, was first published on The Black Sphere.

The shutdown is over. It just hasn’t been announced yet. And the Democrats don’t want the nation to know that they’re walking away with exactly none of their concessions. Zero. Zilch. Nada.

President Trump is making sure that the only thing Democrats will get out of this shutdown is a mirror—so they can take a good long look at themselves…losing.

As I’ve said since day one, Donald Trump is in the driver’s seat for this “Democrat shutdown.” And he’s not just driving—he’s doing it with one hand, sipping a Diet Coke, while the Democrats are tied up in the backseat arguing over who gets the aux cord.

This is the man, after all, who has negotiated the potential end to eight wars. Eight. Wars. So, forgive him if he’s not losing sleep over a few toddlers from the Democratic Party pounding their high chairs over a budget deal.

Don’t take my word for it—The Hill reported on Hakeem Jeffries most recent tantrum.

“Donald Trump definitively needs to get involved,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol.

“He needs to get off the sidelines, get off the golf course, and actually decide to end this shutdown that he’s created.”

That statement alone deserves its own laugh track.

Hakeem Jeffries accusing Donald Trump of being “hands-off” is like accusing Elon Musk of not tweeting enough. The man’s fingerprints are on everything—trade, foreign policy, border security, economic recovery, you name it. Jeffries knows it. The whole world knows it.

Jeffries’ plea shows utter desperation, and upside-down the Democrats’ strategy has become. They wanted a shutdown they could blame on Trump—but Trump turned it into a seminar on true leadership.

President Trump has been crystal clear about his stance from the start: he doesn’t negotiate with terrorists—especially overpaid bureaucrats pretending to be victims.

The Democrat Dilemma

This week, Jeffries has resorted to begging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring everyone back to Capitol Hill for another round of “bipartisan” talks. You know, those famous “bipartisan” talks where Democrats show up with a ransom note and Republicans would typically bring a calculator.

Democrats claim it’s the only way the government will reopen, as they negotiate their concessions. Concessions? LOL

Translation: “We need Trump to give us something—anything—so we can pretend we didn’t just get bodied in public.”

To paraphrase the old saying, “Man plans, God laughs,” I say, it’s “Dems plan, Trump laughs.”

And laugh he should. Because for once, Republicans aren’t playing the Democrats’ game. They’re not scrambling for scraps of approval from the media. The GOP is standing firm, arms crossed, looking like the adults in the room.

The Trump Playbook: Strategic Indifference

Trump’s strategy here is classic Trump—strategic indifference. He’s letting the Democrats talk themselves into irrelevance.

When the shutdown began, the Left expected chaos. Breadlines. National Park rangers crying on camera. Maybe a bald eagle shedding a tear.

Instead, Trump went global—literally. While Democrats were busy staging tantrums, Trump was negotiating peace. The man pivoted from a domestic political food fight to world peace. Democrats didn’t see it coming because, frankly, they can’t imagine a world where anything happens without government approval.

This left the Left stunned. It’s like watching someone pull the tablecloth off a fully set dinner table without spilling a drop. The Democrats are still standing there, clutching their silverware, wondering what just happened.

They tried pivoting to healthcare—as if anybody still believes Democrats care about Americans’ health. These are the same people who shut down the economy, fired nurses for skipping a booster, and told you ivermectin was for horses while Pfizer was for humans.

Trump reminded America what Democrats really wanted: $1.5 trillion to pay for healthcare for illegal immigrants. That’s right—your premiums are sky-high, but the guy who just scaled the border fence gets a free check-up and a dental plan.

Game. Set. Match.

The Psychology of Losing

Here’s what makes this so fun to watch: Democrats can’t process losing. They’ve spent decades getting their way by crying, rioting, or claiming racism. It’s their default playbook.

But Trump doesn’t play empathy politics; he plays results politics. And that’s why this shutdown is over.

The Democrats have no leverage left, because they never had leverage to begin with. They’re politically naked, standing in front of a mirror pretending their “principles” are clothes.

The Endgame

I predicted the shutdown would end by October 23rd, and we’re days away. The whispers are already circulating—staffers leaking, aides “sourcing,” and networks quietly prepping their “BREAKING: DEAL REACHED” chyrons.

The only question left is how the Democrats spin it. They’ll probably claim they “stood firm for democracy,” or “secured critical funding for working families.” You know, those same working families who didn’t notice the government was shut down in the first place.

But here’s the truth: Democrats are looking for a way to save face. Trump might throw them a symbolic olive branch—maybe a spending line on something trivial so they can tell their base they “won.” But make no mistake: it will be small.

Because for all intents and purposes, this shutdown is already over.

And when it is officially announced, the headline won’t read “Democrats Win Concessions.” It’ll read: “Trump Outsmarts Congress Again.”

Trump didn’t just end a shutdown—he ended an era. The era where Democrats thought they could hold the country hostage without consequences. The era where the media could spin a narrative and the GOP would buckle. The era where bureaucrats ran America instead of the people.

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