Stephen King's take on the Trump shutdown is as blunt as you'd expect

Stephen King is certainly not one to mince his words -- and that goes double when it comes to Trump.

The horror master spent a large chunk of 2018 berating the President on Twitter, and -- judging by his tweets so far in 2019 -- he isn't planning to stop any time soon.

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On Wednesday night, King addressed Trump's government shutdown -- and, as usual, he didn't hold back.

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The part about "queuing for donated commodities" refers to the 800,000 federal workers in the U.S. who have spent the shutdown either working for free, or who have been granted a leave of absence, per CNBC.

On Wednesday, Trump signed legislation which guarantees workers affected by the shutdown will receive back pay.

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