Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 01/21/2019, including: Has President Trump suckered Democrats and the Deep State into a trap that will enable a radical downsizing of the federal bureaucracy? A lot of procedures must be followed, and merit ("performance") is the last consideration, but employees already furloughed can be laid off ("RIFed") once they have been furloughed for 30 days or 22 work days; The U.S. is demonstrating almost effortlessly how illusory is the idea that any other country or group of countries can challenge its pre-eminence. Almost indiscernible in the endless tumult about President Donald Trump is the objective return of American might, right on our doorstep. The economy of the United States is astoundingly strong: full employment, an expanding work force, negligible inflation and about three per cent economic growth.