We’re Headed for Another Shutdown

Why Democrats feel they have no choice but to fight, even if the battle is unwinnable — and why Trump welcomes the wreckage.

Like that one friend who repeatedly promises to quit drinking after just one last round, the American government is staggering toward another shutdown. It’s starting to seem inevitable — because it looks as though neither side is going to swerve in this game of chicken.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate minority leader who somehow manages to perpet…