This is how America perceives what's going on right now, even though the dems will deny it to high heaven.

"Thanks to Trump, no one in America is left with any doubt about the actual positions of the two opposing sides.  It is now clear to all American citizens that the Republicans' position is to close the border and open the government, while the Democrats prefer to open the border and close the government."

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/on_the_shutdown_trump_played_the_odds.html