Posted on 12/11/2018 12:54:53 PM PST by mikelets456
President Trump on Tuesday angrily threatened a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t fund his long-promised border wall during a heated White House sit-down with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
“I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck. The people of this country don’t want criminals and people that have lots of problems pouring into our country,” the president told the Senate minority leader during a remarkable, tense exchange as the cameras rolled.
“I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you. I’m going to shut it down for border security,” Trump said.
Schumer had prodded the president by noting that Trump had repeatedly threatened to shut down the government in the past.
“Twenty times you called for it, [saying,] ‘I will shut down the government if I don’t get my wall.’ You said it. You said it,” he said.
Both Schumer and Pelosi, the House minority leader, repeatedly told Trump they wanted a deal that could pass both the House and the Senate, and that they should all agree to not shut the government down.
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Just turned 46 and I like it too. Quite refreshing to see a fighter at the helm.
Trump was right to do this in the open. They would have lied their asses off about it if it had been in private. I knew that the minute Schumer mentioned WaPo. Trump doesn’t trust them, and why should he?
Ordinarily, I’d say, don’t burn your bridges, be kind to your enemies, don’t publicly humiliate people. But these aren’t normal people. They’re lying, cheating, thieving democrats. And when we treat them with kindness, they take advantage of what they perceive as weakness, kick us in the teeth, then blame us for having teeth.
Agreed. Absolutely! The age of civility is gone. Paraphrasing Hillary, of course.
I’m 66 and a month - and I too have never seen a President like this....I’m having a real “Bro-mance” moment here.
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