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Their donors wanted a shutdown for 40 or so days ? And which specific donors ? Explain that to me, because it sounds idiotic and just a lazy argument. 'Oh the donors behind it all wanted this' doesn't mean anything.
Ok, let me explain. You see, when government gives some benefits to people (like SNAP) or when it hires federal workers private companies don't profit and people donating to both parties don't like that. They would like to every penny spend in the US to go through their hands so they can get a cut.
So for example, you have federal workers responsible for checking if people pay taxes, administering public roads, schools, collecting garbage and so on. When you shutdown the government and fire those people (as Trump did) they will not be hired back when the government re-opens. Government will not have enough people to do some of the things it used to do so it will hire private companies to do it. Those companies will pay their workers less, charge the government more and the donors will pocket the difference. That's taxpayers money going straight to their pockets. Money they couldn't get without a shutdown.
Same with benefits. When government gives people money for food it's just lost to the rich people. They don't get anything out of it. Cut SNAP and people will be even more desperate to work so it will be easier to exploit them. With all the benefits cut the government will have some money left in the budget so they will be able to lower the taxes for the rich: win-win.
Their goal is to privatize everything. Shutdown is a small step in that direction.