should put through spending. there s no need to go through these type and machinations. nevertheless, they persist. danna: our enemies, this is what mattis was talking about, they are fully funded. they can plan well ahead. we are superior, but we ve got to stay on top of things. greg: it goes back to the initial point. the democrats are willing to shut down the government over a political cause. they will stop funding, things that are important to citizens of united states, for a political cause. they are willing to throw over one group of minorities for another group of minorities if it serves them politically. i have to say there s a little bit of progress here. that is calling it the schumer shutdown. it s a smart move. alliteration trumps everything where they left tried to what, they were calling donald trump donald drumpf?