A long time ago (on Tuesday) in a galaxy far, far away (but actually Washington), President Donald Trump unveiled a new Star Wars-themed nickname for the White House budget chief he has empowered to punish Democratic lawmakers by cutting projects and programs he perceives as their priorities.
Speaking in the recently paved White House Rose Garden at a lunch for Republican senators, Trump was roughly 35 minutes into his 42-minute stem-winding speech, rattling off a litany of complaints about the three-week-old government shutdown — and blaming Democrats for the “pain” caused by the “reckless and completely unnecessary affair” — when he spotted a figure in the crowd seated in front of him.
