Posted on 03/26/2018 8:03:29 AM PDT by V K Lee
No, Trump hasn’t betrayed his supporters.
Conservatives from sea to shining sea are screaming “betrayal” because the GOP passed and the President signed the massive omnibus spending bill. The poster child for this hysterical overreaction is Ann Coulter, who furiously tweeted that it would get Trump impeached and cause the Republicans to get wiped out in the upcoming midterms. Coulter hasn’t sounded this crazy since 2012, when she endorsed Mitt Romney for President. It is, of course, true that the bill is deeply flawed. To understand why it passed and why Trump signed it, conservatives should refer to this excerpt from The Art of the Deal:
My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then keep pushing and pushing.… I never get too attached to one deal or one approach.
It’s no coincidence that White House budget director Mick Mulvaney sounded equally pragmatic when asked during a press conference if President Trump was willing to sign such an imperfect bill:
The answer is yes. Why? Because it funds his priorities.… Is it perfect? No. Is it exactly what we asked for in the budget? No. Were we ever going to get that? No.
This, like it or not, is how deals get made inside (and outside) the Beltway. No one gets everything they want. [SNIP]
As to this particular omnibus bill, it isn’t nearly as bad as people like Coulter suggest.[SNIP]
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2018/s63
Vote totals. Senate anyway...
I forget who said it, but there is a reason Trump played “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” at his campaign rallies. I noticed it right away, always knew it was a subliminal on steroids.
I’m not happy with this budget, not at all, it’s a swamp budget, not Trump’s.
Then again, I’m still on board with the President all the way, even if I don’t like some of the things that come about, I know he’s doing his best, and this was done by McConnel and Ryan, doing their best to help torpedo Trump’s administration while smiling and pretending to be his best buddies. I have no doubt both are making back room deals that are not in Trump’s favor.
And maybe you thought there was no reason BOTH were last on everyone’s list for their current positions...I don’t remember anyone on FR saying they wanted either one in leadership...this is why. Swamp rats, both of ‘em...
Oh yeah...do remember this:
NEVER underestimate Donald Trump...Hillary lost the election that way. I’ve been telling you folks that since the day he announced, Never underestimate that guy. This may be a bad deal, but I’ll bet he sticks in his thumb and pulls out a plum somewhere...
Note that the memo is dated from Feb 2018. Trump and Mulvaney knew Congress would bring a pile of crap to them beforehand. They saw it coming.
The thing I keep in mind is that the President received TWO YEARS of military funds, $700B for 2018 and $716B for 2019 that are permanent, not up for any renewal. All the rest of the Omnibus is up for renewal in Sept just before the midterms and remember he said he would not sign another like this - get it now?.
That means the Left cannot hold military funding hostage this coming Sept; it’s off the table. Of course, the President took that and ran with it. He gains huge leverage for the party coming into the midterms. Look at page 5 of the link above — Army Corps of Engineers —> Construction. Also same page DHS and on page 6, FEMA.
The President can also delay funding for baby killing and other leftist causes until the budget battle shapes up in Sept. He is not required to spend money allocated to those purposes. He returns the unspent money to the Treasury this Fall.
Why did he act so flustered at the press conference? To mollify the liar media and to mitigate democrat campaign issues for coming midterms. Dems can’t campaign on issues that the President appears to have conceded (but actually hasn’t). The dems are waking up to the fact they’ve been rolled but it’s very embarrassing for them to admit it when they just announced a huge victory (Schumer-Pelosi “we get more done as minority party!”). They can’t easily go back to their base and say “we were stupid, we were rolled”.
He has done this sort of ‘bow and flip’ before in the campaign of 2016. Now the details of the Omnibus deal are leaking out and the dems are too ashamed to admit they stink. Conservatives were inflamed but are starting to cool off.
What many forget about Trump is the Wollman Skating Rink in Manhattan. That project is a symbol of his modus operandi for all things. He takes a load of crap and he turns it into gold. That’s how he got so rich, taking crap and turning it into gold. Wollman was ten years late and ten times over budget. The City couldn’t get it done. Trump was asked to step in, he buys the contract for pennies on the dollar, and gets it done in less than a year under budget while pocketing huge profits. And his workers love him.
Ryan-McConnell Pelosi-Schumer brought the President a load of crap. The President took it and we are now finding out he’s turning it into gold.
We have never had a President like this.
A couple of more minor items to this.
1. The president promised more money is to come for the Wall and he’s given clues, he’s going to designate the Wall as a National Defense structure and use military appropriations to get it done.
2. He exposed the republicans that attempted to backstab him on the bill. The ones that are up for election are going to do a song and dance to Trump’s tune now. They have to face voters who will look at them long and hard. Trump will be owning them soon enough. When they come back Sept for the next round of the budget battle, watch how they flip their votes for Trump’s budget requested items. This is becoming the Party of Trump. I saw the same in 1983 where the GOP started to become the Party of Reagan. History repeats. But Trump will be even better than Reagan IMO.
3. Remember the Donald says that a bad contract is better than no contract, and the Omnibus of 2018 is a bad contract, except that Trump is stripping out the good parts and he’s going to shove the bad up Congress’s rear come this Sept. He’s turning the whole process into gold.
Sit back and enjoy the show.
Look at this win:
China Blinks: Huge Rally as Trade War Perhaps Averted
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3642669/posts?page=2#2
Thank you for the “skinny” on President Trump’s strategy. It all makes sense on how this budget maneuvering and policy based spending will now proceed.
If President Trump cannot bet them in RINO Congress, he’ll beat them at the bank.
Post #41 is really an eye opener.
Post #42 is really HUGE eye opener.
Nice if it happens this way. We’ll see.
Are we sure this is going to work? There was legislation forbidding construction from DOD in the bill. Is this an over ride?
I am so confused!
see #41 and #42 ping!!!
bump
Since Trump declared a national emergency on December 21 he can over ride anything in bill except the military allotment.
The plan is in action.
Adults are in charge. Trust.
He’s turning the whole process into gold.
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Everyone should spend time reading Hostage’s post #38.
Nails it.
Several pictures of today’s construction are posted all over FR. Look for them. It’s being built. Picture were taken by CBP
Thank you for the link and your comment. I’m with you.
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I try like heck to follow all of this but there is so much Libtard insanity involved I cannot keep up. Please keep me informed.
Many Freeper thanks!
hoosiermama wrote:
“Since Trump declared a national emergency on December 21 he can over ride anything in bill except the military allotment.
The plan is in action.
Adults are in charge. Trust.”
Many thanks for that info !
Bitt,
Many thanks for the ping to those posts !
See R Limbaugh’s monologue :
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3642667/posts?page=1#1
PDJT just rolled the donks...
https://twitter.com/Fuctupmind/status/978435110017134592
Riddle me this, David Hogg
Since you weren’t at the school at the time of the shooting, how did you get in to film this video?
DAVID WASN’T AT THE SCHOOL, AND GOT IN.
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