[Global Network Reporter Suo Yanqi] According to media reports such as Bloomberg News and USA Today, US President Trump said on Tuesday (September 30th) local time that the government's "shutdown" may bring "many benefits", which caused controversy among netizens.

"The last thing we want to do is to shut down the (government). But a shutdown can also bring many benefits. We can get rid of a lot of things that we don't want, and those things are Democratic things." Trump responded to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House that day. In addition, he accused Democrats of "not learning lessons" and therefore he "had no choice."

In the video commentary area on the social platform X, there are netizens who agree with Trump¡¯s viewpoint; but there are netizens who disagree, saying it is ¡°crazy.¡±

The U.S. Senate failed to pass a temporary allocation bill on the evening of September 30, meaning that the federal government is likely to start "stop" from midnight a few hours after local time, which would be the first "stop" of the federal government in seven years earlier that day, Republicans and Democrats did not negotiate but continued to blame each other, saying the other side forced the government to "stop".

According to AP, the federal agencies have begun to issue emergency plans in response to a possible ¡°shutdown¡±, detailing which offices will continue to operate and which employees will be forced to leave. The White House said the government¡¯s ¡°stop-up¡± could lead to massive governmental cuts. The Trump administration has previously threatened to permanently dismiss those ¡°unnecessary¡± federal employees who have not received funding instead of giving them temporary leave. The White House Administration and Budget Office has asked the agencies to revise their emergency plans, clearly listing those who will be dismissed during the ¡°stop-up¡±.

It is understood that the last and longest "stop" of the U.S. federal government occurred at the end of 2018 to the beginning of 2019, during Trump's first term, the Democrats opposed Trump's proposed border wall project appropriations, and the two parties fought on immigration issues, leading to the government's "closure" for 35 days.