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kstewart33

(6,551 posts)
Mon May 1, 2017, 02:50 PM May 2017

Trump: No mas.

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo:

For all the talk about Trump shutting down the government to get Wall money, holding Obamacare subsidies hostage or generally bending history or at least Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to his will, Trump got close to nothing in the funding bill meant to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year. He ended up crying unclear or “no mas” on virtually all his demands.
Let’s go down the list.

The EPA was slated for massive cuts – roughly 31%. It will retain 99% of its funding.

Trump demanded funding for his border wall. He didn’t get any.

Trump wanted to cut funding for the National Institutes of Health. It’s getting $2 billion of additional funding.

Funding is included for the Obamacare subsidies Trump has threatened not to pay.

There’s no provision for “defunding Planned Parenthood.”

There’s no language to defund “sanctuary cities.”


More including how Mexico is now playing Trump: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-cuck-stops-here
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Trump: No mas. (Original Post) kstewart33 May 2017 OP
That's why he's better than Pence. He's ineffective Tiphill May 2017 #1
Practically invisible rock May 2017 #2
Between talking and doing there's a yuuge golf. nt Xipe Totec May 2017 #3
Trumps skill is not deal-making with powerful counterparts. It is duping gullible victims. -- Frum. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #4
However, Mexico is ready to pay for Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #5
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