American Thinker’s Thomas Lifson expands on the concept…

“Has President Trump suckered Democrats and the Deep State into a trap that will enable a radical downsizing of the federal bureaucracy?  In only five more days of the already “longest government shutdown in history” (25 days and counting, as of today), a heretofore obscure threshold will be reached, enabling permanent layoffs of bureaucrats furloughed 30 days or more.” (bold, color emphasis added)

Smaller government? Yeah, we’re down with that.