Trump says he can get Repugs to back the bills if he, Pelosi, and Schumer cand 'strike deals".......
I would not trust trump PERIOD!
Julie Davis
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8h8 hours ago
After his televised outburst in the Oval yesterday, Trump privately told Pelosi & Schumer they could cut deals & work together to have "the greatest Congress in the history of Congress" next year -- & he'd be able to force Senate Republicans to go along
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/us/politics/trump-border-wall-government-shutdown.html
...............Despite the public meltdown, Mr. Trump appeared to be open to a way out of the impasse. He called Ms. Pelosi hours after the meeting, she said, and was still reviewing the options that the Democrats had presented. Mr. Trump even went into a lofty speech during the Oval Office session, once reporters had departed, in which he mused about the potential for him to work alongside Democratic leaders in the new Congress to strike great deals.
Gesticulating grandly with Vice President Mike Pence looking on, Mr. Trump told Mr. Schumer and Ms. Pelosi that the new Congress could be the “greatest Congress in the history of Congress,” according to a person familiar with the discussion who described it on the condition of anonymity because it was private. And the president assured them that if they could strike deals that could get through the House, he would compel Republican senators to back them....................................
In a series of morning tweets, he falsely stated that substantial sections of the “Great Wall” had already been completed, and he suggested that his administration could continue construction whether Democrats funded it or not.
That would be illegal, but it suggested that he was looking for a way to keep the government funded past Dec. 21, even if Democrats balk at wall funding.
“People do not yet realize how much of the Wall, including really effective renovation, has already been built,” Mr. Trump wrote in one of the tweets. “If the Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country, the Military will build the remaining sections of the Wall. They know how important it is!”
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