Discussion: Trump Calls For Gov't Shutdown In The Fall To 'Fix Mess' In Congress

Bad as Congress is, we need to fix the mess in the White House first. Congress canā€™t stumble into nuclear war.

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You could have Rinsed Penis ā€œlook intoā€ eliminating the whole Congressional process, dummy !

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ā€œTrump Tells Congress Heā€™s Unfit for Officeā€

fify

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Cruz: I called for the ShutDown first. Trump, a pathological liar, is stealing my show.

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Keith has an intense video up on what ā€˜fix messā€™ means.

https://twitter.com/keitholbermann

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There is NO way that the Rethugs will get rid of the legislative filibuster. They need it to provide cover for them for Rumpā€™s increased madness. I predict that as the summer rolls on, town halls will get even more antsy than they are now. I say this because his promises will never manifest as he said they would and some things will just start to unravel.

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What Winston Churchill said of John Foster Dulles, anyone could say about Trump, i.e. "Heā€™s the only bull I know who carries his own china closet with him."

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Putin: I think this is a great idea.
ISIS: We think a prolonged, perhaps a permanent shutdown will be good for America.
Ayn Rand: This is how small government works. Why didnā€™t Paul Ryan think of it?

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Yak, yak, yak. We all know youā€™ll fold like one of your cheap suits the moment negotiations begin with Demsā€¦just like this time.

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Iā€™m not sure heā€™s thought it through to that point. He just wants good press, thatā€™s all. Without good press, the bats in his belfry take over.

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Another day
Another irrational and profoundly stupid statement from Trump.

He has got to go

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Well, I suppose he could take himself and his entire administration on a retreat to some unspecified location where thereā€™s a Golf Course and a Trump Hotel. Essentially, shut down the government by the administrationā€™s going on strike. Suits me.

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So he thinks heā€™ll still be in office in September?

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Yesterday he tweeted that the big banks should be broken up. The bank stocks didnā€™t react. Today he tweeted government shutdown, the suggestion of which in the past would have upset people. Market:meh. The boys were saying that ā€œour nerves are anesthetizedā€. Theyā€™re also saying that he hasnā€™t got anyone in Congress willing to publicly sign on with any of this crap. Just white noise. Really, really white noise.

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Burn the Reichstag!!

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Iā€™m not even sure he wants good press, I think he just wants ANY press. He seems to think being in the headlines, for good or bad, is good for him. Once it gets old (and itā€™s heading there) itā€™ll boomerang, even from many who are currently still supporting him. But heā€™s too stupid to figure that out.

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What is utter and complete BS is that in a few months Trump will deny he said this or try and spin it that it ā€˜meantā€™ something else. We will ā€˜avertā€™ a shutdown and the day after he will resurrect the threat again. Just like on Sunday when he (again!) accused Obama of ā€˜surveillanceā€™ā€¦no longer wire tapping, but he still doubled down on Obama being ā€˜bad and sickā€™. When called out on it he stumbled and bumbled and blamed the media. NOWā€¦it is the mediaā€™s job to not FALL for this crap, go chasing after it and ignoring more important issues. I spent Saturday and Sunday with the TV off doing other thingsā€¦I canā€™t stand the all Trump all the time aspect of cable. I check in online because then I choose.

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Letā€™s go for the ACTUAL Reichstag, or what stands on the spot. Tip off the Germans so theyā€™ll get arrested. If that doesnā€™t work, donā€™t let them back into the country.