USA prepares for an imminent closure of government that could begin at midnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, after the Failure of the latest negotiations In the White House between the President Donald Trump and Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress and the Senate. The blockade of legislators to Trump’s proposal leaves their administration No money to continue operating federal machinerysince although the Republicans have a majority in the two chambers of the Legislative Power, it is so narrow, that It is not enough to move forward unilaterally.
That the political pulse causes the closure of government when entering the new fiscal year – that in the US begins on October 1 – is not something new, but this time it could have consequences of great draft. Immediately, hundreds of thousands of public employees will be forced to stay at home without salary or work without Until there is an agreement.
But meanwhile, more than 100,000 officials have been fired on Tuesday, bound by the Trump administration plan with which get rid of 275,000 public workers. The fear is that the emergency measures that occur in the next few days Under this exceptionality, they become permanenteliminating positions and functions that are not aligned with the agenda and ideology of the current administration.
Historical impact
The forecast is that from 00.01 on Wednesday in Washington (6:01 hours in Spain), All public services are paralyzed, except those considered “essential”. These are mainly those that are considered to affect the national securityincluding the air controland also some services such as corner postcard or collection of pensions.
He Longer closure of the modern history of the United States was under the mandate of Trumpin 2018, and lasted 34 days. Then delays in airports, suspension of food inspections and museum closures were recorded. American citizens who have to make arrangements with public services will face greater waiting or inoperance.
Economic impact and travelers
For the tourist that they visit the US, they may not be able to enter some of the most emblematic claims since even urban monuments, such as the Statue of Liberty in New York o to Alcatraz prison in San Franciscothey are operated by National Parksa public entity. In previous closures, some broader enclosures, such as the Colorado Canyon, have remained open but without the corresponding staff. The Association for the Conservation of National Parks, which is an independent entity in defense of these places, has warned of the risk that this means for the visitor and for the preservation of historical and natural sites.
In the medium term, analysts warn that damage could go further: stop economic growth y Alter the marketsal erode trust citizen in the functioning of the State and scareling investors before the nth proof of the country’s economic instability under the Trump’s Erratic Batuta.
He Federal Judicial System could keep your activity just a few days thanks to reservationsbut then it would have to be limited to emergency cases. Government contractors would also suffer interruptions, without guarantee of recovering salaries or backward payments. Agencies like him FBI, the DEA or the Immigration Office will continue to operate with reduced personnel and without immediate payments.
Vice President JD Vance speaks with journalists in front of the west wing of the White House, while the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, of Louisiana, and the leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, Republican for Dakota del Sur del Sur / Alex Brandon / AP
Polarized and enrolled
The last apparent efforts have resulted in failure. Trump convened on the White House to the leaders of the Democratic minorities in Congress (Hakeem Jeffries) and in the Senate (Chuck Schumer). There was no agreementand Schumer warned that “huge differences” persist on health financing, while vice president JD Vance said the country “is probably aimed at a closure.”
The republican leaders of the majorities in both cameras – John Thune and Mike Johnson also came. It was the First time the four legislators met the president, in this second Trump mandate marked by their solo executive actions.
The Democrats They demand an extension of medical insurance subsidies of people with lower income (Medicaid) and the revocation of the health cuts that Trump brought forward with his Bus Law which he baptized as the Big and Bella Law. Some 15 million people could lose their medical coverage and another 24 million would see the premiums of their health insurance by 75%.
Access to health has become the flake around which a democratic opposition begins to articulate Until now very fragmented, and Republicans have taken good note of it. Medicaid disarticulation is one of the Trump’s most unpopular reformswho returned to the government with promises to stop the increased life But with reforms like this, the middle and low class that voted substantially loses purchasing power.
The political pulse
Los Republicans, conscientious that the Democrats have first given an authentic legislature in this legislature Achilles heel, They resist accepting the conditions of their opponents And they ask to first vote a seven -week extension without concessions.
He Crossing guilt It is the obvious result of this zero sum equation. Republicans, with a majority adjusted in both chambers, hold the Democrats responsible for “taking the budgets as hostages. Democrats reply that Trump tries to impose social cuts without negotiation. Both games are blamed for the imminent closure, which, if produced, will test the resistance of millions of federal citizens and workers.
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