Trump says he has a 'plan on the Shutdown' — but suggests you won't understand it

President Trump insisted on Twitter Saturday he has a plan for the partial government shutdown, though he failed to offer any insight as to what it may be. Instead, Trump intimated his agenda is only comprehensible to those who properly understand his electoral victory in 2016:

In an earlier post, Trump denied reported chaos within his administration by noting there are not enough people in the White House to be chaotic:

He also went after congressional Democrats, suggesting the shutdown is only continuing because they are lazy:

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House Democrats have passed several bills to fund individual federal departments, but the legislation is not expected to pass the GOP-held Senate or gain Trump's signature.

The shutdown reached its 22nd day Saturday, becoming the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history. Some 800,000 federal employees are furloughed or working without pay, most of them marking their first payday without a check on Friday.