For the first time in more than six years, the United States is in the “Shutdown”: on Wednesday at midnight East Coast period, a budget lock came into force. Previously, President Donald Trump’s Republicans and the opposition Democrats had not agreed on a transitional budget on Tuesday. With the “Shutdown”, numerous civil servants are sent to the forced vacation.
As a result, there are usually considerable restrictions in federal administration, impairments in air traffic and public institutions such as national parks and state museums. Exceptional services such as air traffic control, the police and emergency services in hospitals are excluded.
It is the first “Shotdown” since the year 2018/2019, while Trump’s first term. At that time the budget lock lasted 35 days, it was the longest. The background was a dispute over the financing of the border wall in Mexico.
