Discussion: Three Days In, Trump Blames Dems' 'Far Left Base' For Ongoing Gov't Shutdown

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Three Days In, Trump Blames Dems' 'Far Left Base' For Ongoing Gov't Shutdown Three Days In, Trump Blames Dems' 'Far Left Base' For Ongoing Gov't Shutdown Back to article
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Donald John Trump: Fat and Furious

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Our base is far left?

Someone should tell the base that.

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President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that Democrats “have shut down our government” because they “are powerless” to resist the demands of their base.

Does this kind of psychological projection hurt his head? I wonder.

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Why can’t Dealy McDealface do an artful deal to end this? He’s the world’s greatest negotiator after all. Just ask him.

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Don’t tempt me.

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This is a good sign. His messaging is flailing. Moving from Schumer to vague “far left” is weak, especially when 70% of Americans support DACA.

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But of course he blames us.

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Grampa Cranky Pants is up.

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Blaming everyone but himself? At least he’s consistent?

I thought shutdows were the president’s responsibility?

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Haw!
Let me say it.
“What a fucking idiot”

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Well, since he considers the alt-rights mainstream Americans, anyone not wearing sheets and burning crosses must seem to be pretty hard left to him.

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And sucked back his first cheeseburger and half dozen diet cokes

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And pretty damn funny if shut down delays SOU speech even beyond how they will glaze over it and blame on Ds when the speech does happen.

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Ditto Cabbagehead…you do NOTHING unless it’s placating the nutjobs in your party. Is this another case of ‘I know I do but so do you…’. Or is this the Art of the Deal? Just waffle on and on and on until someone more mature actually DOES something and then take credit for it? Is that REALLY it?

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Because we all know Jordan, Meadows, Goodlatte, Cotton, and Perdue have been nothing but helpful during this process…

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When you’re surrounded by current admin staff, anyone who looks like they’ve seen natural light in recent years is far left.

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Guess he needs to add a couple folks to the blame generator.

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OT but fabulous:

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Somebody needs to tell Trump that the blame game is for pundits and losers. If you are a leader and you are blaming somebody for not getting something done, you have lost.

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