Chuck Schumer; Donald Trump; Mitch McConnell (Credit: Getty/AP/Salon) Last weekend as the federal government was barreling towards a shutdown, Donald Trump sent off a series of emails to his supporters claiming that the Democrats were to blame because they supposedly cared more about protecting “illegal aliens” than about the American people. On Saturday, the day after the shutdown began, Trump’s re-election committee released an ad proclaiming: President Trump is right: Build the wall.