One aspect: Significance of this "wall thing"

[Stuart G]

..So, Trump puts all of his image, power of influence, intelligence, "presidential authority" etc. on building this .."wall."... Press Conferences, special orders, "National Emergency"..etc.

..So..of all the problems that this nations faces, Trump through the use of his time and influence places this at the top...It shows Donald Trump has no sense of "priorities" about a what is important to this country at this moment. Consequently, this almost proves he needs to be removed due to his total lack of ability to prioritize what is important to this country.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Trump is unable to prioritize what's important for the country because

he cares only about what's important for him. He thinks he won't be re-elected in 2020 unless he gets the wall built, so in his tiny, defective brain that's an emergency.

[underpants]

3. Yep

I posted the same right below yours.

[underpants]

2. Priority #1 for Individual-1 is Individual-1

He backed himself into a corner (in an Oval room) and had nowhere to go. He spun so hard he screwed himself into the floor. He HAD to do this.

WH opinion is that re-election depends on it
From Dec 23 2018
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211583123

Then Mara Liasson was on. Granted some of this comes from the White House but she made two interesting points:
1. The administration doesn't think Trump will suffer any politic fallout from the shutdown.
and then this...
2. For his base the wall is is vital and they take it very literally. According to her sources in the White House/Trumpians they don't think he can get re-elected if he doesn't get the wall.

[mitch96]

4. Could he be using this wall thing to deflect from his Russia ties??

MSM is not talking about him and russia, they are talking about everybody ELSE and russia.
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