Discussion: Trump On Shutdown Meeting Led By Pence: 'Not Much Headway Made Today'

“the President — who was not part of the meeting”

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The tantrum continues.

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that was most certainly not written by the real_____
Here was the first version:
Argle Bargle huge tremendous Kangaroo Blaaaaarghh. Gabble, tits, beautiful. no collusion, Pence talk

then an intern translated and tweeted for him

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The unenlightened part of me would like to have witnessed the wise and insightful words 45* greeted Pence with upon his return to the office.

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Somebody’s jealous that he’s not getting all the attention.

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He sends Pence in to negotiate with no power to actually strike a deal while he watches FOX news and NFL playoffs. We have reached such a ludicrous point with the “great negotiator” it would be funny if not for all of the government workers going without pay. Every day a new low.

ETA: If Trump wrote me an IOU on the actual currency he owed me and handed it to me, I still wouldn’t trust it. His entire career is based on reneging on deals.

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In the meanwhile shithead, the pressure is building on your ass!

It’s just a matter of time for you to tee-tee or get off the fucking pot!

EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU ARE BUSTED!

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Not at the meeting, didn’t give anyone the right to negotiate on his behalf, and would change his mind on a whim anyway. This is unreal. Must infuriate the thousands of people not getting paid solely because of this moron.

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A “president” who deliberately victimizes hundreds of thousands of government workers and their families, as well as many thousands more employees of government contractors, and who strives to usurp the authority of Congress deserves to be impeached and tossed out of office.

More to the point, he deserves to be in jail.

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Whoa, is he going to blame failure on Pence?

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I think Pelosi and Schumer should send the most junior people on their respective staffs.

Trump is held hostage by Rush and Ann. Very little headway to be made in finding a face saving exit which will be acceptable to the Right Wing Fantasy Believers who are the GOP’s bosses.

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I think the only reason they bother sending anyone at all in such a fruitless mission is, otherwise, Trump would make a big deal about it.

I think the only way this gets fixed is when enough Republican Senators running in 2020 beg McConnell to put them out of their misery. Because McConnell may not care about regular Americans, but he’ll kill to stay Majority Leader.

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In other words, MOFOTUS, you’re losing.

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Well Trump that means FHA loans won’t be processed, farmer subsidy checks won’t get mailed, student loans aren’t getting processed, citizens can’t get passports, SNAP recipients won’t get benefits, businesses can’t onboard new hires, because no access to e-verify which is required by federal law.

Not to mention the full trickling effect on the economy as a whole.

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Trump saves a fortune on colonoscopies because his head is so far up his butt he can just report what he sees.

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donnie …

---   " Not much headway today ! ...... But I'll keep digging " ! ---
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I was going to post a joke about using this to haze the newest house interns, but you need to have experienced staffers in there who will keep their heads and mostly keep their mouths shut except to repeat the party message. Don’t give the white house any sound bite material, and realize any meeting headed by Q-Tip is just filler.

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This is a commentary on the absurdity of a political system in which its “unwritten rules” have been hijacked by a gangster.

Actually two gangsters:

Drumpf and McConnell

And McConnell has been at it 30 years longer.

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We’ll have a few more days of this. As Trump continues to sense Democratic resolve, he’ll jump to an exit strategy. Right now, I think his preferred exit strategy approach would be to withdraw from negotiations, reopen the gov’t and issue one of those flimsy executive orders declaring the situation at the border a ‘national emergency’, and direct DHS to study what is to be done, including the efficacy of a border wall, and then he’ll go from there to use it as a campaign prop to make the MAGA crew swoon with white nationalist fantasies.

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