Not to mention that I believe she was in the room, off to the right behind Schumer.
It is not the first time she has been asked to stand before the press and attempt the impossible. It is going to be fun to see what excuse she trumps up (heh) this time.
I thought Mexico was going to pay for the wall? The President has been very clear about that. Why does funding need to be approved when Mexico is happy to pay?
On the surface this sounds so easy to accomplish. Wall funding (partial) for a DACA fix. The two items relate to each other, why the fuss over a compromise?
Compromise = Trump gets part of his wall he can brag about endlessly, DACA fix is mostly on Democrats and the President won’t have to engage the no compromise possible part of his party.
Remember what you see isn't what is really happening. It isn't a headline over at Fox so it didn't really happen. #fakenews
I expect Maddow to beat the shit out of Trump while Tucker Carlson plays Alfred E. Neuman and Hannity screams about butterymails.
I don't think Schumer or Pelosi expected Trump to immediately rise to "the best" idiocy so soon. Apparently neither did the Republicans.
He's so far out of his depth with those two I'm surprised his flunkies even allowed that photo opp.
Didn't they offer that to him a while ago and he said no? Maybe Turtle or Eddie Munster shut it down, I can't remember.
#MAGA
#artofthedeal
I read the transcript, Trump sounded unprepared and childish.
Come to think of it, the best way the Republicans could push Trump onto a lifeboat alone would be to keep letting him into unscripted interviews, and fun little 'conversations' like this. Stop doing damage control, position Pence as the repub leader they need, keep it up until the House is settled or Mueller's ready to file, then save face through the impeachment.He's so far out of his depth with those two I'm surprised his flunkies even allowed that photo opp.
Amazingly I think Trump, unintentionally, just did Pelosi a huge solid here. This interaction is bound to strengthen her grip on the caucus and also her position as speaker.
The thing about government shut downs is the political fallout is based on a blame game. Under Obama, the repugs in Congress tended to be blamed for it. Perhaps that is usually the case, as Congress tends to be more disliked than the POTUS.
The problem is that even before this sorry showing today, Trump already took ownership of a shutdown. He's been saying, "bring on the shut down!" for weeks now. He's totally taken ownership of the whole thing.
Also, the wall he wants to build is not popular with voters. If you're going to force a shut down over policy, at least do it for something a majority of voters actually want.
What an idiot.
It looks like Trump invited the press in at the last minute. Kelly is probably ecstatic to be leaving and not having to deal with the mess.
Trump soloing a monologue/or wtaf it is, I cant follow it, trying to comprehend, follow a train of thought, put meaning together... My brain shuts down! I mean it may actually come around at some point, I simply do not have the attention span and/or the logic finesse to bring it around... I have no idea what the man is saying.
Pence was the best part of this thing (besides Chuck and Nancy making occasional glances at each other with a "can you fucking believe this shit?" looks on their faces). Pence though... man, what a complete waste of skin. He's entirely useless. At least Trump has an opinion and is fiery about it. Pence just sits there and thinks "what would Mother think about this?"
He's so far out of his depth with those two I'm surprised his flunkies even allowed that photo opp.
What you don't like Tariff Man! Or Individual #1?President Shutdown. I like the sound of it. Lol.