President-elect Donald J. Trump's denunciation of a stopgap spending bill has left Republicans without a strategy to fund the government, and Speaker Mike Johnson is grasping for a way to avert a shutdown this weekend. Mr. Trump torpedoed the bipartisan deal Mr. Johnson had struck, leaving him caught between two seemingly untenable options: continue with a bill sapped of Republican support or try to implement Mr. Trump's demands, which will be a tough sell among Democrats, who still control the Senate, and some Republicans. Mr. Trump publicly turned against the deal after the billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest man, spent much of Wednesday railing against the agreement.
Musk Suddenly Realizes He Has No Clue How to Govern
Neither do I.
~ Orange Julius