Trump's put himself in a 'big mess' as House Dems sit back and watch GOP 'squirm': report

President-elect Donald Trump faces the very real possibility of being the first-ever American president to be inaugurated with a shut-down federal government.

As Politico reported, the decision by Trump and X owner Elon Musk to kill the bipartisan funding deal to keep the government open has put Trump in a "big mess" at a time when he hoped to be hitting the ground running in his second term.

"Two shocks to the system this week have cast Washington into chaos as Republicans scramble...