Friday, January 25, Trump announced that government would reopen.  The shutdown was over.  For now.   Reaction to the announcement was predictable.    Trump caved or Trump betrayed, in the main.  Pelosi won. Trump lost.  Trump wimped out.  A few Trump supporters including Hannity argued that Trump did not cave and even that ending the shutdown he created was a victory for Trump.  More balanced heads pointed out that the crisis is not over until a permanent deal is reached.  Others cautioned that talk that Nancy won, Trump lost would just make Trump, notoriously thin skinned when it comes to taking what he regularly dishes, more recalcitrant in the future.  But to this I say, so what.   Pelosi realized what Kelly, Tillerson, Mattis, etc. did not to their everlasting shame.  There is no going along to get along when it comes to Trump.  Sacrificing your principles by going along with his idiocy is perceived as a weakness to be exploited and validation of his “genus”.  It simply leads to greater heights of idiocy.