Chefs, gardeners, everyone all at the ready in case he needs them, all still being paid whether he is there or not.
Via Daily Mail:
Government services across the US may have all but ground to a halt, but there is one that remains open for business as usual: the Presidential paradise of Camp David.
The woodland retreat has stayed immune to the shutdown because it falls under the aegis of the Department of Defence, whose staff are designated as active-duty military personnel.
More than 250 chefs, gardeners, electricians and anybody else who keeps the camp running in Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland, should the President drop by are not only still working, but are also getting paid, according to website TMZ.
Meanwhile, almost a million federal workers across the nation are sitting at home wondering when their next paycheck will drop through the letterbox as they wait for a resolution to the long-running dispute.