Posted on 09/09/2017 5:04:55 PM PDT by Pinkbell
A Trump adviser says that after a tumultuous seven months in office, it had finally dawned on the president: "People really f@&@ing hate me." For someone who has spent his life lapping up adulation, however fake, it was a harsh realization. This is a man with an especially acute need for affirmation.
This week's bear hug of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer opened Trump's eyes to one solution: Stop doing things that people hate, and start striking deals.
Who knows if this will stick. But there's reason to think it might, according to Trump's friends and aides. Here's why, based on conversations Jonathan Swan and I had in the aftermath of the surprising deal:
He can blame Republicans for his troubles. Trump has convinced himself he was duped by GOP leaders into repealing health care and blowing his first seven months on a fool's errand. If he can strike a few deals, he can reshape history to make the party not himself the culprit.
He can please the kids and New Yorkers. With the banishment of Bannon and his allies, Trump is left with a largely moderate to Democratic staff.
A senior administration official said of Trump's deal with Chuck and Nancy: "He just wanted to do something popular." He's reveling in the coverage, including lavish praise from "Morning Joe."
He can spend money, not take it away. Trump hates complex topics and gravitates to things you can build, such as planes or new infrastructure projects.
Remember he told Republican senators the House healthcare bill was "one mean sonofabitch." He said he wanted the Senate version to be much more generous, with no worry about cost.
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Saving our country by working with Schumer and Pelosi?
Working with them to do away with the debt ceiling?
Might as well have elected Hillary.
With her Obamacare would still be in effect,would still be paying high taxes,corporate taxes would be highest in the world,military would be underfunded,left wing media,education establishment would be indoctrinating our youth into leftist homosexual perversion on our tv shows and in kindergarten classes.
So what has Trump accomplished but make them happy now?
The GOP held firm against a Democrat president (Obama) trying to make DACA law. But now that Trump is pushing Congress to pass it, like Nixon going to China, Trump will be able to put a few Republicans together with all or virtually all Democrats to make this amnesty legal.
By saying he wants Congress to act, he has taken away any leverage to all get wall funding or the RAISE Act in exchange for it. And he has promised “Dreamers” that if Congress doesn’t pass such a law in the next six months (which it will very likely do) he will step in to take action—which is exactly what Obama did to create DACA to start with.
Gosh, you’d think everyone but Trump is the President.
I love how Trump is always portrayed as some toddler being lead around by his intellectual superiors.
But as with all things Trump, time will tell.
And, of course, there would be no need for him to “revisit” DACA if he just wanted it to end.
And snuggling up to Pelosi and Schumer is the way to do it?
‘The GOP held firm against a Democrat president (Obama) trying to make DACA law.’
Why would the Uniparty need to legalize DACA when they were on course to legalize all 60 or 80 million, or however many illegals are in the country? The Senate passed amnesty with ease, and with plenty of room to spare. Boehner and McCarthy counted the House and had an assured margin of victory (for amnesty).
Eric Cantor was defeated literally within two to three days of the House vote. Dave Brat and his tireless supporters are ALL that saved us from amnesty. (As soon as word of Cantor’s defeat spread, previously pledged Yes votes began reporting to Boehner and McCarthy that they had shifted to No.)
Enough about the Uniparty holding firm. If overcooked spaghetti is firm, the Uniparty held firm.
Is that the best analysis you can do? From a prior post:
Whats happening is nothing more than The Art of the Deal. According to Trump, you cant make a good deal if the other party thinks you are unable or unwilling to walk away. McConnell and Ryan have been thinking this all along. Its their MO. I.e.: they give us repulsive candidates like McCain and Romney, and then snicker, What are you going to do? Vote Democrat?
They tried the same strategy on Trump and he did an end run. The point was not to side with Pelosi. The point was to let McConnell and Ryan know they havent got Trump in the box they thought they had him in. It will give Trump invaluable leverage in the future.
“You are lying again.”
Again?
you gave yourself away on that one.
See, you should have just left it at “you are lying”, but you just proved you’re making shite up by adding the “again”.
Nice mental gymnastics but a major failure. You lied twice in your post:
1. You said I was banned - NEVER happened.
2. You said I’m a Never Trumper - Not true - voted for Trump in primaries, general, and have pro-Trump blog.
2 lies.
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