Shutdown...how long? I say this shutdown goes on through Jan and longer. At present, from what can be discerned outside of DC, politically, neither side has an incentive to budge. Each side is playing to their political base.  Typically, comprise would eventually arise from a point of pain (politically) or a media reframing the issue or reframing “shutdown.” This is coming in some form. It may take a few weeks to galvanize.  I do not see this ending soon. Why does it need to end? Well, for the average Joe maybe it doesn’t ‘till he/his side gets what he/they want but there are many senators/congressmen that have money for their states/districts being held up by the stoppage. They must play to the base in public (and it may be legitimately the way they feel). Behind the scenes power brokers will be trying to make deals to get the subsidies and other cash flowing again.  POTUS did not grow a backbone on this until his base (and Coulter-lol) called him on it. Now, each day, his back gets a little stiffer on the issue. This will be an interesting political game to follow.  It’s ok. You can like Trump and still have to tell him sometimes we don’t want the deal-maker-in-chief and  instead we want the NY-asshole-rich-guy that gets what he wants and says you’re fired a lot.