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White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall

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The White House continues to send mixed signals over whether it will draw a hard line on requiring that funding for a border wall be included in any spending bill that hits the president's desk.

President Trump signaled to a gathering of conservative media on Monday that he may be open to a delay in funding for his proposed border wall.
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Translation - When it comes to the border wall, Donald Trump has surrendered. Don't expect it to be built. Meanwhile congress is expected to keep the government funded, and there will be no government shutdown this weekend... Just as long as Trump keeps his nose out of their business. He almost blew up the government. We don't need more of that.

White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall - ABC News
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

danarhea said:
Translation - When it comes to the border wall, Donald Trump has surrendered. Don't expect it to be built. Meanwhile congress is expected to keep the government funded, and there will be no government shutdown this weekend... Just as long as Trump keeps his nose out of their business. He almost blew up the government. We don't need more of that.

White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall - ABC News
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Because trump is starting to realize he isn't a king and his orders are but from one of three equal branches of government. Hopefully he continues his enlightenment that he is essentially one of three equal CEOs
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

danarhea said:
Translation - When it comes to the border wall, Donald Trump has surrendered. Don't expect it to be built. Meanwhile congress is expected to keep the government funded, and there will be no government shutdown this weekend... Just as long as Trump keeps his nose out of their business. He almost blew up the government. We don't need more of that.

White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall - ABC News
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What's going to be :popcorn2:-worthy will be watching Trump's Suckers spin this.

I suppose we could say this buys us time for the check from Mexico to clear. :lol:
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Nobody watched Obama's first 90 days like this.

Good God, it's beyond absurd.

Illegal immigration is WAY down. The economy is soaring, Gorsuch is confirmed, the military has its morale back, real people with real lives are feeling optimistic for the first time in forever.

And NOBODY listens to the media anymore about anything.

I was cynical about him, but so far, I'm impressed.

That wall will have it's day, but weak-minded liberal losers are claiming victory because he didn't get it done in three months. LOL
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Erod said:
Nobody watched Obama's first 90 days like this.

Good God, it's beyond absurd.

Illegal immigration is WAY down. The economy is soaring, Gorsuch is confirmed, the military has its morale back, real people with real lives are feeling optimistic for the first time in forever.

And NOBODY listens to the media anymore about anything.

I was cynical about him, but so far, I'm impressed.

That wall will have it's day, but weak-minded liberal losers are claiming victory because he didn't get it done in three months. LOL
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You're right, no one watched Obama's first 90 days like this. They watched his entire 8 years like this... and still do.

But you do make a good point... *sniff*, life is so unfair.
 
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When many of the Republican politicians from the Southern States balked at building the 'wall', that pretty much sunk it. For now anyway. It might be brought back up down the road, or it might just fade away.

As was discussed before because of the Gulf of Mexico building a wall is pointless and pretty much a waste of money. But since this 'wall' was Trump's biggest campaign promise and not building it will definitely piss off the racists who are sticking by Trump no matter how much he lies, he'll need a scapegoat. The die hard Trumpsters don't care that a wall won't work, and won't stop illegals, but they want one built. No matter the cost. It's the only issue they care about.

So if it is not built Trump needs an excuse and someone to blame, and the GOP might just be his scapegoat if they don't back him on building the wall. That might hurt the GOP in 2018. So it will be interesting if at a later date the GOP backs down and funds the wall, or they let it fade away.

I'm betting they let it fade away. Besides a wall being pointless and a waste of money, the very business friendly GOP don't want to piss of their business benefactors who LOVE immigrants.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

radcen said:
What's going to be :popcorn2:-worthy will be watching Trump's Suckers spin this.

I suppose we could say this buys us time for the check from Mexico to clear. :lol:
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They'll do what every end-of-world cult does every time the world fails to end: they'll say they had the date wrong and the end of the world is really set for six months later. There's a reason cults persist: they're populated by cultists.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

radcen said:
You're right, no one watched Obama's first 90 days like this. They watched his entire 8 years like this... and still do.

But you do make a good point... *sniff*, life is so unfair.
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Errr...no. Obama was not watch like this at all. If anything the media carried his water for him, constantly, and couldn't get over the thrill they had run up their collective legs. This is an entirely different thing than whether Trump is good or bad. Just pointing out the absurd comparison.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

danarhea said:
Translation - When it comes to the border wall, Donald Trump has surrendered. Don't expect it to be built. Meanwhile congress is expected to keep the government funded, and there will be no government shutdown this weekend... Just as long as Trump keeps his nose out of their business. He almost blew up the government. We don't need more of that.

White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall - ABC News
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he didn't back track. there are more than one way to get it done, however risking not passing a budget is a bigger threat.
it is called picking and choosing your battles.

and he didn't almost blow up the government geez. such drama is un-needed.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Fishking said:
Errr...no. Obama was not watch like this at all. If anything the media carried his water for him, constantly, and couldn't get over the thrill they had run up their collective legs. This is an entirely different thing than whether Trump is good or bad. Just pointing out the absurd comparison.
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You obviously missed when Trump himself dogged Obama pretty much from Day One. Convenient.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

ludin said:
he didn't back track. there are more than one way to get it done, however risking not passing a budget is a bigger threat.
it is called picking and choosing your battles.

and he didn't almost blow up the government geez. such drama is un-needed.
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aka "backtracking"
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Praxas said:
Because trump is starting to realize he isn't a king and his orders are but from one of three equal branches of government. Hopefully he continues his enlightenment that he is essentially one of three equal CEOs
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I think he's doing a lot better, we haven't heard any ridiculous tweets lately; since he said he was wiretapped.

I'm worried that he gets it together just enough to get his inferior health care and tax reform passed. How are you going to run government and increase military spending if you cut the corporate tax rate in more than half (to 15%?)
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Erod said:
Nobody watched Obama's first 90 days like this.
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Heavy is the burden on the man who claims he can do it all in his first 100 days. It's his own hyperbole that placed him under the microscope.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Fishking said:
Errr...no. Obama was not watch like this at all. If anything the media carried his water for him, constantly, and couldn't get over the thrill they had run up their collective legs. This is an entirely different thing than whether Trump is good or bad. Just pointing out the absurd comparison.
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Donald Trump is the reason Donald Trump is being watched by all eyes 24/7. He cultivated this reality TV version of politics with his unfiltered rallies where he said bombastic norm breaking claims and blatantly false things that the media in their role as fact checkers just ate up the opportunity to blast all over the airwaves. Donald Trump was the one who made half a hundred impossible promises like claims he would never leave the white house because of how hard he was going to work and that Mexico would pay for the wall. Donald Trump is who has publicly criticized Obama on Twitter for the exact same things he has done as President ( bomb syriah and play golf). Donald Trump hired people with widely varying view points on things and let them compete for his favor, basically guaranteeing leaks while they try to get legs up on each other. Donald Trump told the world he could do it and he could make it look easy. He can't and he isn't and people are rightly pointing this out for him constantly.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

radcen said:
aka "backtracking"
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And if he pushed for the wall what would have been your position? Or is he damned if he does or doesn't? Because if that is the case, which it seems to be, then why not be pragmatic? Especially when he knows his base wont criticize him for it.

Politics isn't checkers.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Erod said:
Nobody watched Obama's first 90 days like this. Good God, it's beyond absurd. Illegal immigration is WAY down. The economy is soaring, Gorsuch is confirmed, the military has its morale back, real people with real lives are feeling optimistic for the first time in forever. And NOBODY listens to the media anymore about anything. I was cynical about him, but so far, I'm impressed. That wall will have it's day, but weak-minded liberal losers are claiming victory because he didn't get it done in three months. LOL
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Course Obama didn't rant on and on about how easy getting a laundry list of rabid right wing crap done in the first 100 days. Lots of folks watch the media show all the now empty promises Trump made. face it, Trump isn't king of the Deal, but rather master of the Bluff and it has been called repeatedly. Now leaders, here and abroad are figuring that out. :(

The economy was soaring before he took office, the military always had morale ever since the debacle in the desert ended, Gorsuch has yet to do anything so the jury is still out on him- remember BushII's pick for chief Justice voted to allow the ACA to continue! :shock:

You must run in a different circle of 'real people', many i know worry about pissing contests with North Korea, Russia meddling in our elections, the mindlessness of repeal 'Obamacare', Trump's inability to stay on topic, and constant petty, snarky, childish tweets....

The Wall has had it's day, the empty promise got the rabid right stirred up, it did it's job.

The 'libruls' didn't make 90 days important, TRUMP kept claiming he would get sooo many things done, and it will be soooo easy, and the result will be soooo good.

He oversold, tried to bluff Congress, and has lost sooo many of his issues... :peace
 
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Spartacus FPV said:
And if he pushed for the wall what would have been your position? Or is he damned if he does or doesn't? Because if that is the case, which it seems to be, then why not be pragmatic? Especially when he knows his base wont criticize him for it.

Politics isn't checkers.
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I thought from the first time he proposed the wall that it was a dumb idea, so of course that wouldn't have changed. But that's really not the point, is it. The point has become the personality cult that he himself fostered and the many people who still defend him at every turn, even when promise after promise after promise falls by the wayside. The evidence suggests that his promises really don't mean too much, especially if they become inconvenient and he has a chance of outright losing the issue entirely.

And like I said I would still have criticized it for being a bad idea, but I would not have been able to criticize him for backtracking... again.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Fishking said:
Errr...no. Obama was not watch like this at all. If anything the media carried his water for him, constantly, and couldn't get over the thrill they had run up their collective legs. This is an entirely different thing than whether Trump is good or bad. Just pointing out the absurd comparison.
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Keep in mind, also, that the previous poster said "nobody", which is more what I responded to, whereas you narrowed it to the media only. There have been a lot of people, especially here at DP, that have dogged Obama since Day One.
 
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radcen said:
You obviously missed when Trump himself dogged Obama pretty much from Day One. Convenient.
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Yeah...a person saying mean words is totally comparable.... :roll:
 
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vash1012 said:
Donald Trump is the reason Donald Trump is being watched by all eyes 24/7. He cultivated this reality TV version of politics with his unfiltered rallies where he said bombastic norm breaking claims and blatantly false things that the media in their role as fact checkers just ate up the opportunity to blast all over the airwaves. Donald Trump was the one who made half a hundred impossible promises like claims he would never leave the white house because of how hard he was going to work and that Mexico would pay for the wall. Donald Trump is who has publicly criticized Obama on Twitter for the exact same things he has done as President ( bomb syriah and play golf). Donald Trump hired people with widely varying view points on things and let them compete for his favor, basically guaranteeing leaks while they try to get legs up on each other. Donald Trump told the world he could do it and he could make it look easy. He can't and he isn't and people are rightly pointing this out for him constantly.
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I don't deny that, however, the I will caveat that Trump really doesn't matter. Any R sitting in the WH would have gotten much the same. Hell, I hear people saying, all the time, something like, "Trump scares them but they are terrified of Pence." That kinda just proves the point.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

radcen said:
Keep in mind, also, that the previous poster said "nobody", which is more what I responded to, whereas you narrowed it to the media only. There have been a lot of people, especially here at DP, that have dogged Obama since Day One.
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Even outside the media...how many riots, protests, and **** has happened since Trump was elected?
 
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Cardinal said:
They'll do what every end-of-world cult does every time the world fails to end: they'll say they had the date wrong and the end of the world is really set for six months later. There's a reason cults persist: they're populated by cultists.
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But the sea level will a rise whole bunch unless we act very soon. ;)
 
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Fishking said:
Even outside the media...how many riots, protests, and **** has happened since Trump was elected?
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Zing!!!!!!!!!!!!... and off we go in a completely different direction.
 
Re: White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border

Erod said:
Nobody watched Obama's first 90 days like this.

Good God, it's beyond absurd.

Illegal immigration is WAY down. The economy is soaring,
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LOL...guess again...https://www.frbatlanta.org/cqer/research/gdpnow.aspx?panel=1

Only 98,000 more people employed last month

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.b.htm

11 Facts That Prove The 2017 US Economy Is In Far Worse Shape Than It Was In 2016 | Zero Hedge

Gorsuch is confirmed, the military has its morale back, real people with real lives are feeling optimistic for the first time in forever.

And NOBODY listens to the media anymore about anything.

I was cynical about him, but so far, I'm impressed.

That wall will have it's day, but weak-minded liberal losers are claiming victory because he didn't get it done in three months. LOL
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There is so many things wrong with that phrase, I do not even know where to begin.

Bottom line...you are apparently living in a Trumpbot dream world.


Good day.
 
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