Is Trump enjoying shutting down the government?

You get the feeling that Donald Trump actually likes playing games with the governing of the United States of America. He is responsible for the current shutdown because he had a change of mind and decided to take the Democrats full on and give them an ultimatum: money for The Wall or else. We had shutdowns in the Obama administration. It's one of the peculiarities of the American political system. But you never thought of Obama sitting at home or in the White House grinning from ear to ear as millions of federal workers went unpaid. Trump on the other hand seems to be determined to sit this one out, never mind the suffering of families as the pay cheques stop coming. All he does is spell out the terms to bring the shutdown to a halt. Give him the $5 billion he wants to start constructing the wall along the southern border. Oh and he is also putting all the blame for the political impasse on Nancy Pelosi, fast becoming Trump's hate figure in the Democratic Party. Between the two of them it's difficult to see where there could be a hint of a compromise. There IS no obvious compromise because of the two sides' totally different views. Shutdown for good or $5 billion. Someone has got to surrender, but with the Democrats and Pelosi at their head about to take control of the House of Representatives, they are not going to start their rule in the House by giving into Trump. The government shutdown could go on for weeks or months by which time there are going to be a lot of very angry people. Who will they blame: Trump or Pelosi? Trump is hoping all his supporters will blame Pelosi. After all, he promised a wall in his election campaign and that's what his supporters are expecting, nay demanding. How on earth is this going to be resolved? Trump cannot afford to back down now. He did so a week or so back and was crucified by his right-wing supporters. He can't make that mistake again or his popularity will drop to zero. The only compromise has to be a slight give on both sides: Pelosi offers $2.5 billion but says it's just for repairing, expanding, atrengthening existing fencing along the border, and Trump agrees but tells everyone it will mean he can start building an actual wall based on one of the many designs which have been presented by specialist contractors. That way Trump and Pelosi can each claim victory and federal workers can get back to their jobs and earn some money once again.