Trump agrees to end shutdown without wall funding
Source: Hill
President Trump said Friday he will back a short-term funding bill to reopen the government that does not include funds to construct a wall along the southern border.
"I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and re-open the federal government," Trump said.
The president said he would sign a bill that would open the government for three weeks. In that period, he said, a bipartisan committee of House and Senate lawmakers will meet to develop a funding proposal for Homeland Security.
He expressed optimism that the resulting pitch would include funds for his long-promised border wall, which he maintained "should not be controversial."
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427004-trump-agrees-to-end-shutdown
He caved!!!!
bluestarone
(17,058 posts)Opening for 12 weeks!
PatrickforO
(14,592 posts)at the end of the verbal gush from the anus he calls his mouth, he did threaten to shut down the government again, and if not that, declare a national emergency.
MBS
(9,688 posts)that he's still got that "national emergency draft" on the back (or, I suspect, front) burner.
keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)The 'emergency' isn't that great if it can wait.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)Pluvious
(4,323 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)jayschool2013
(2,313 posts)To inventory all the country's assets and begin the going-out-of-business sale Bannon and Trump planned three years ago.
They_Live
(3,241 posts)It does not make any sense.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)The minute he mentioned it, people rushed to point out to him AND to the media why he cannot legally do it for the wall.
My take....he just backed down in a face saving way by saying 3 week deadline.
Don't know what trick he will try then, if any.
He has learned bullying does not work, altho that is his favorite way to react to the NO word.
If we don't hear about 5 Billion $ wall again, we will know the shutdown was for other reasons, such as creating chaos in the economy.
PatrickforO
(14,592 posts)I don't know if he can shut down the government again. I suspect even the Republicans in Congress would seriously consider overriding a veto if Trump doesn't sign the new appropriation that comes up in 3 weeks.
A bunch of people on here are saying that he is a 'ruined man.' I think he's seriously shaken. This was a pretty huge defeat and no matter his rhetoric, it was clear he was capitulating to Pelosi.
You know what my fondest dream is? To see this awful man perp walked in cuffs out of the White House. He is such a traitorous criminal. I hope people are beginning to see what a snake the man actually is.
And the Stone arrest! Maybe jaws of justice are tightening. We can only hope.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)which makes me wonder what the holy hell they have on McConnell.
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)As an expatriated Kentuckian I should be allowed to use that reference here:
This event is a cave of epic proportions given Individual-1s promise to own the shutdown until he got his wall; and
The wondrous national park in south central Kentucky will soon be able to re-open to visitors (other than raccoons, possums, bats, and other small creatures).
If you choose to apply that reference to the SCROTUSs lower abdominal cavity, that is your choice. I apologize in advance for images that concept evokes!
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)at the end of the verbal gush from the anus he calls his mouth, he caved.
Caving is concrete. It objectively happened. The bell cannot be unrung.
Threats are just, well... at best, just potential; at worst, just words.
TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)She had his scrotum in a vise and threatened to tighten it until he gave in. He gives in but it's STILL in that vise, with the threat again in three weeks to be tightened.
sheshe2
(83,929 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)riversedge
(70,311 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts).
.........
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)"We have reached a deal" Yeah BEFORE CHRISTMAS, when the Trumper Tantrum started
Fiendish Thingy
(15,658 posts)I sure as hell hope not.
George II
(67,782 posts)S(cr)OTU(m)!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Apollyonus
(812 posts)maybe in her jewelry box
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Actually I find that term offensive, but in Rump's case I'll make an exception. Anyone whose seen Uday and Qusay will agree that their father should have been denuded many years ago.
Thekaspervote
(32,796 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)He really shit the bed this time.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)The repubs would run with that.
KayF
(1,345 posts)I'll enjoy the optics of him speaking with his boss sitting behind him.
I hadnt even thought of that. Itll be the reverse of what he did in that debate with HRC.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)to sit behind him.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)Pending his acquiescence to Speaker Pelosis previously stated requirements: no funding for a wall.
An emergency order would rescind the invitation to argle-bargle in the House chamber.
Gloves are off.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)"Trash the USA, my little puppet. Or see the pee tapes on MSNBC."
George II
(67,782 posts)Optical.Catalyst
(1,355 posts)Now is not the time to celebrate, but continue our pressure to remove Trump from office.
With Flynn going to jail, Manafort going to jail, Cohen going to jail, it is just a matter of time before Stone goes to jail. The winds are at our backs and Trump is going to jail too.
TommyCelt
(838 posts)...expect this trump to further radicalize. I still am expecting bloodshed; however he leaves the Oval Office (election, impeachment, forced resignation, etc.) he won't do so quietly.
athena
(4,187 posts)He lost big on this. I didnt think he would ever capitulate. I fully expected him to declare an emergency today, but I now realize that was a bluff. This is the first time Trump has ever lost a battle. He is a broken man, seriously weakened by what has happened. He thought his moves were brilliant and that he would be able to triumph over the Democrats, build his wall, be wildly popular, win re-election, and go down in history as the greatest president ever. I believe he has finally hit the wall of reality and is still a bit stunned by the impact.
The guy, like all narcissists, is basically a cockroach. He fools people into thinking hes strong, but at the end of the day, hes just an empty coward.
llmart
(15,555 posts)Remember when he was in that church, I believe it was Detroit, where the minister put him in his place and he looked like a whipped puppy? That's what happens to bullies and narcissists when confronted.
Besides, he has bigger fish to fry (or rather worry about) since his buddy, Pinhead Stone was arrested.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Betcha stumpys investments were starting to suffer...It
could care less about border security...Just glad handling
it 30%ers..
TommyCelt
(838 posts)Begs the question: If you can wait 3 weeks before declaring an emergency, was it ever really an emergency?"
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)is it really an emergency?
athena
(4,187 posts)Its a trick that usually works for narcissists. You have to realize its a bluff and not go for the bait.
elmac
(4,642 posts)groundloop
(11,523 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)jeffreyi
(1,945 posts)A short reprieve. Let my friends and colleagues in the Forest Service and BLM get back to work and keep them out of the stupid political battles. The businesses in the rural county I live in depends on the custom of our federal workers.
handmade34
(22,758 posts)should stipulate NO Government shutdown allowed!!
raging moderate
(4,311 posts)And Michael Bennet. And FAA workers. And everybody else who did anything to make this happen.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)in the process with his threats.
eggplant
(3,913 posts)Hassler
(3,390 posts)A smarter person would have caught on sooner than five weeks that Pelosi owns him too.
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llmart
(15,555 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)IronLionZion
(45,540 posts)Don't worry, they're coming to get you soon Donny! Maybe Don Jr and Eric next or Ivanka.
TygrBright
(20,771 posts)SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)She just tweeted that George Herbert Walker Bush is no longer the biggest "wimp" to ever serve as president. LOL
Volaris
(10,274 posts)Democrats
Deep State
Witch Hunt
ALL the hits lol
SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)Ann-e-rexia Coulter go through a TSA line about now. I'm sure those people would have a few things to discuss with her!
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,988 posts)to get your ass handed to you by a powerful, brilliant woman?
calimary
(81,511 posts)In front of the WHOLE FREAKIN' WORLD.
Talitha
(6,619 posts)myohmy2
(3,177 posts)...ain't that something...the invincible bully, brought to his knees, by Grandma...something no one else has been able to do in over three years of tantrums...
" He expressed optimism that the resulting pitch would include funds for his long-promised border wall..."
...well, I don't know...any dealings with trump should also include a sanity clause
...
pangaia
(24,324 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)frogmarch
(12,160 posts)CabalPowered
(12,690 posts)It would not shock me if he reneged.