Russell Vought has been “dreaming” of a government shutdown “since puberty”—at least according to Utah Senator Mike Lee, who boasted about the head of the Office of Management and Budget’s mastery of the dark arts shortly after the shutdown began a week ago. “This is going to empower [President] Trump—and the American people,” Lee concluded. Trump and Vought have clearly come to two conclusions. The first is that they have the upper hand in negotiations to reopen the government. As federal