If we had a MSM that reported NEWS, not opinions of the readers and ‘writers’, it would have been emphasized that while yes, the President may be acting cruel and hardheaded BUT the Speaker - when asked what can be done about ending the ‘shutdown’ - emphatically stated NO MONEY FOR BORDER SECURITY..... where the LIBs are losing, people ARE noticing this attitude and even some of the most LIBERAL of the LIBERALS are telling NP to get her foot out of her hindparts and at least ACT LIKE you are trying to negotiate.
I told a bartender/waitress friend of mine that I wasn’t all that ‘worried’ about the shutdown and she said something to the effect of ‘those poor people and no checks’.....
I tossed in the word NON ESSENTIAL and asked her (she works lunch basically alone - at HER request) what would be her action if the owner hired 2 more people to ‘stand by’ in case they were needed and gave them a table now and then and they didn’t share.
She said that unless she asked for it - NO WAY and realizes if she ‘complains’ once, there will always be more ‘help’.
I then pointed out that the people told not to come in are considered to be not needed so why should WE - the taxpayers - continue to pay them.
(She is pretty bright - and I am surprised she didn’t throw in that they would probably be on welfare/food stamps etc if not working for the Fed).
The MSM is an echo chamber now. Trump supporters get their information from other places and know not to trust the alphabet networks.
Trump needs to pivot to turn this into an opportunity to downsize government. “We are going to look closely at what departments can be downsized or eliminated. This partial shutdown has made it clearer that cuts are needed.”
Various groups could adopt parks as they do now with roadways. Volunteers could handle trash or selling tickets. Sure there are enough vets willing to help out, for example, at the various war memorials.
Change this into a downsizing issue. Dems want do nothing federal jobs and as many federal workers as possible. They will cave.
Trump can veto any budget with the Uniparty GOPesters cave. If they cave.
Dems have more to lose from this but they think the media will lie enough to the American public to make Trump give up. Won’t happen.
The wall is the defining issue for 2020.
Trump should also not declare and emergency as that just allows Dems to block the wall through delaying litigation.