Not saying I KNOW what happened, but my theory is this:
The pricks on Capitol Hill promised Trump wall funding and boosts for the military in exchange for passage of their pork. And I'm sure they downplayed their garbage to butter up the President.
Our President wants to help everyone, while simultaneously making sure we go into the midterms election on a nice foot where everyone is happy. He wanted Congress to be able to go back to their constituents with their own promises fulfilled - but with a thanks to the President for passage of the Omnibus.
Bill came to Trump's desk at the very last possible minute, so all he could do was zip thru it without being able to hold enough of these scumbags to their BS. Push came to shove, and it turned out that all he was getting was $1.6 billion, which was not at all what he wanted, nor what these vile rat finks promised him.
Time was running out, so he brought the issue to Mattis who told him he could pass the bill, and move the military funding around by declaring it a national security issue. Trump probably would have preferred to fight it out with these a-holes, and get the funding in the way that he was promised, but then the military wouldn't have received what it needed either. Time was literally of the essence.
The veto threat tweet on Friday morning was probably the culmination of the President going back to some of these scum-lappers with a "you promised and you lied". I'll bet some of them weren't even taking his calls. Did everyone notice how many Dems voted NAY on this...? I think they were onto what the President decided to do int he 11th hour.
This is why he was so pissed last Friday. And why he said he'd never sign anything like this again.
I think he did it for the military and knowing that he could move some money around -- with the help of some presidential powers as well as Mad Dog's cooperation.
His demeanor on Friday wasn't dejection, it was him being genuinely pissed off that so many in Congress hoodwinked him. Over what - a wall to help protect our country and its economy?
Even more reason to vote every last one of these f'ng dirtbags OUT in November.
I hope that's how this went, and also how it will go down.
And as far as this in the stupid Tribune article: "senior Capitol Hill officials later said it was an unlikely prospect." Yeah, I don't believe any "officials" said anything, and if they did, they were clueless. So that can be safely ignored if you ask me.
I have a faith our President will get this wall funded and built. He's a fighter, and a counter puncher - and he has our backs. He's not going to get sucked down into the Swamp over this - or anything. Do people really think Trump wants this magnificent base he spent some much time and energy (high energy) pissed off at him for the rest of his life???
I put the article in breaking, because I want as many people as possible to read it.
M A G A ! ! !
Oh and I forgot about the DACA travesty and how that is embroiled in a ll this.
The Dems demanding DACA recipients get a path was long gone by the time this bill arrived. Trump was hoping to use that as leverage, but these bastards seemed to not give a crap.
I hope Trump keeps reminding the country about that.........
Well said! You are the first one who has made the point that his veto would have jeopardized his military funding. If they took out the military funding after a veto, Trump would have been screwed. Without military strength, there would have been no peace and that would have led to his impeachment. The entire thing was a trap. I am glad he dodged the bullet.
Guess who built the Panama Canal.
If we are going to us the military then we can make Mexico build a border wall by attacking it.
Trump is right, this is the way to get it done, the MAGA agenda lives.
Trump privately presses for U.S. military to pay for border wall>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
President Trump does not need to press this. He can ORDER the military to build the wall.It is the presidents constitutional duty to secure the border, his order would be covered and perfectly legal.
Just DO it Don!
Did Trump create a wedge issue for midterms by not getting wall?
MAGA!!!!!
Just USE the military to build the wall and do not even try to TAKE the money from the military and say it is for the wall. Just let them, procure, engineer and construct it. Problems solved.
Forget about your promise to your base about getting Mehico to pay for it. We will write that off as just another campaign lie like, ehhhhh that you will prosecute Hillary.
Pressure, schmessure.
He’s the freakin’ COMMANDER IN CHIEF! He can just ORDER them to do it.
These joun-o-list types don’t know jack about the Constitution.
I want to know who the three leakers ate
This Vet says we need to pull in our military forces from places around the world where they’re not needed anymore, and use the military and all of that technology and manpower to beef up our infrastructure and build the wall.
That is all. :)
From JamesP81 yesterday:
“Trump is finished in my household. If I wanted unconstitutional infringements of the 2nd and 4th Amendments I’d have voted for Clinton.
Screw this guy.”
“...according to three people familiar with the meeting....”
This doesn’t sound made up at all....
Now that three people have said this, I’m convinced the POTUS is an ineffective fool, going around asking everyone for silly things and getting turned down.
Why did I vote for this clown? If only I had listened to three people in 2016, we could have had a real POTUS, like a Clinton or a Bush.
Note to self: Next time three people say something I should listen.
Amen Trump knew exactly what he was doing. MAGA!