Trump shows once again why he should not be President

[yellowcanine]

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/12/28/trump-got-nothing-491250

THAT’S IT? President DONALD TRUMP made all this noise about the Covid relief and government funding bill only to sign it and get nothing in return?

TRUMP got taken to the cleaners.

WHAT A BIZARRE, embarrassing episode for the president. He opposed a bill his administration negotiated. He had no discernible strategy and no hand to play — and it showed. He folded, and got nothing besides a few days of attention and chaos. People waiting for aid got a few days of frightening uncertainty.

ZIP. ZERO. ZILCH. If he was going to give up this easy, he should’ve just kept quiet and signed the bill. It would’ve been less embarrassing.

Donnie, just go home now and take your silly little signing statement with you.

[C_U_L8R]

1. He came this close to crashing the stock market again.

Forget starving children... that's something Republicans can't forgive.

[DENVERPOPS]

18. Have you forgotten Trump's promise months ago

that if he was not re-elected, the economy would crash and burn....????????

[nevergiveup]

2. "It is all about himism"

He got 24/7 headlines for 2 days. That is all he cares about.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. You nailed it. Also the feeling of power that he felt by making people beg.

[Enoki33]

3. He was always going to sign it, but only after benefits for hard

working folks lapsed. His vindictiveness is once again very obvious.

[Ohiogal]

4. He enjoyed the attention he got from all the breathless speculation

It’s how he rolls.

[MineralMan]

6. Soon he will not be.

[NNadir]

7. Happily, we are close to using the past tense, "Trump showed why he shouldn't have been President."

[LizBeth]

8. Bucket of cold water on my Christmas joy. All the difference spending on a gift for kid

knowing money was coming in and having something under the tree and uncertain if anything coming in and having nothing under the tree for a kid. Sick

[Sloumeau]

9. Once again, Trump folded like a cheap suit.

This proves once again that Trump stinks as a dealmaker when he is unable to make deals through extortion.

[Bobstandard]

10. Actually, he won..

First he gave his base another reason to love him; he wants them to have $2000 checks but the deep state won’t let him. Second, he got everyone talking about the potential for veto and oh, woe is us, instead of about the bill itself— too little for the little guy, lots of juicy Easter eggs for the wealthy and corporations hidden in the 900 pages—which hhis administration negotiated for. Third, he got to frame his signing as a win. Now maybe most people see through that, but not his supporters—and they’re precisely the folks inclined to blow everything up.

Finally, what’s the story top line today? He signed. Again, it’s not about how bad the bill is.

[Lock him up.]

13. AND the unemployed got 1 week less of their benefits.

Poorer through no fault of their own but because of that criminal who plays pResident on TV to screw them.

[Tender hopper]

20. Another reason the Donald WILL, convince himself that it was a great victory and will help

the Princess in 2024. When was the last time you heard the punditry lecture about the disgusting corruption involved in the pardoning of Trumps partners in crime...The autogolpe proceeds!

[lame54]

11. Even when he negotiates with himself he loses

[Mr.Bill]

12. "A few days of attention and chaos"

is exactly what he wanted. It's what he lives for.

[Nitram]

14. I detect a pattern here. Trump never cares about the deal. He just wants to get attention.

He doesn't care if the publicity is positive or negative, as long as it is publicity. In the Bizarro world of his own mind, he won. That's his only reality.

[badboy67]

15. Attention whore got headlines for 2 days.

Nuff said.

[Jetheels]

16. He's a crack head. It was a quick dose of attention and chaos. That's a win to him. n/t

[DENVERPOPS]

17. It is more than clear

Trump is continuing to merely follow Putin's orders to torpedo anything and everything in the United States as long as he is in power.
McConnell, Graham and many other Senate Republicans as well as Republican Politicians across the country are following along with Trump/Putins wishes......

[Warpy]

19. He got to feel like he was in control and putting the screws to people who didn't vote for him

and for a malignant narcissist, that is a huge payoff.

All attention was focused on him for days. He wasn't dithering and if he had his druthers, the money would all go into the stock market to make him look better. It was an attention grab and it worked.