On Wednesday, Donald Trump proudly tweeted that he had walked out of a brief meeting with Congressional leaders because he didn’t get all of what he wants (his beloved border wall) in order to open the federal government.
Today, the Donald tweeted that “Democrats should come back” and work to end the Trump Shutdown.
He now says “I am in the White House waiting” for the Dems “ready to sign!”
#BiPolar
By the way – Senate Majority Leader can bring up the new bills passed in the House at any time to open the government.
The new bills should be passed and sent to Trump to sign or veto.
President Trump now presides over largest deficit in our history, the longest shutdown in our history, the biggest drop in International trust of America in our history, etc. Making history as opposed to making america great which is why at this point has historic low approval.
As the shutdown becomes the longest in US history, remember what Trump said Dec. 11.
Trump: If we don’t get what we want … I will shut down the government … I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it. pic.twitter.com/z1ptWR6woK
According to S&P Global Ratings, in just two more weeks the Trump shutdown will cost the U.S. economy more than $6 billion.
That’s more than the $5.7 billion Donald Trump is demanding for his infamous border wall.
As of today, S&P estimates the economy has lost over $3.6 billion.
The 2013 shutdown was estimated to have cost the U.S. economy in the neighborhood of $20 billion.
MSNBC’s Craig Melvin breaks down how the ongoing shutdown affects many aspects of daily life in America including air travel, food safety, food stamps, and business deals requiring federal approval as well as 800,000 federal employees who won’t be paid today.
• I’m not sure if I should caption this photo (above) from InstaHunk Joel Green in Bali “Strike a pose” (Joel) or “What are you looking at?”(his scene partner).
• Just as Colorado has sworn in Jared Polis as the first openly gay governor of a state, the Denver city council voted unanimously on Monday to ban so-called ‘conversion therapy’ for minors.
• The Coast Guard Support Program has issued a five-page tip sheet on how to financially cope with a long U.S. government shutdown. The suggestions include: consider holding a garage sale, babysitting, dog-walking or serving as a “mystery shopper.”
• North Carolina just lost more revenue thanks to its anti-LGBTQ laws. Netflix has nixed the idea of shooting a new series, titled OBX, in the state. The production is expected to spend $60 million in whatever state Netflix eventually chooses.
• It may be hump day, but chill a bit with the latest single from VanJess, “Another Lover.”
I like the ebb and flow of the song, as well as the video’s visual change-ups from choreography to minimalist trance vibe.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York told reporters today that Donald Trump walked out of a meeting between him and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
According to Schumer, Trump asked Pelosi if she would agree to fund his border wall. When she said ‘no,’ Trump got up and walked out of the meeting saying, “Then we have nothing to discuss.”
“We saw a temper tantrum because he couldn’t get his way, and he just walked out of the meeting,” said Schumer.
Schumer: The President just got up and walked out. He asked Speaker Pelosi, “Will you agree to my wall?” She said no. And he just got up and said, “Then we have nothing to discuss,” and he just walked out. Again we saw a temper tantrum… pic.twitter.com/MwZfdkqsbS
Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!
The four television networks – NBC, Fox, ABC and CBS – have confirmed that they will air a Democratic response to Trump’s primetime address tonight.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requested equal time following Donald Trump’s address tonight to offer their rebuttal and vision for moving forward from the current government shutdown.
Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Schumer will speak from the Capitol after Mr. Trump completes his remarks from the Oval Office, which are scheduled to be broadcast live by the major television networks. The dueling addresses from opposite sides of Pennsylvania Avenue will unfold at the close of Day 18 of a government shutdown over Mr. Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall that Democrats have steadfastly opposed.
Mr. Trump, who spent much of the first two weeks of the shutdown cloistered inside the White House saying little about it, is now using the powers of the presidency to focus public attention on his immigration message in an effort to build support for the idea of erecting a large wall on the border with Mexico. Democrats, newly in control of the House, are steering clear of talk of the wall itself, and instead are working to focus attention on the damaging impacts of the shutdown.
Donald Trump has announced he will address the country on Tuesday evening regarding the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government as well as the “Humanitarian and National Security crisis on our Southern Border.”
I am pleased to inform you that I will Address the Nation on the Humanitarian and National Security crisis on our Southern Border. Tuesday night at 9:00 P.M. Eastern.
According to The New York Times, it’s unclear which news networks will carry the address.
It was not immediately clear which outlets would carry his address. The four major broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC — confirmed receiving the White House request on Monday for Mr. Trump to speak during the 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time slot, but producers had not decided whether to grant him the time. Pre-empting prime-time coverage is an expensive proposition for television executives, who have sold millions of dollars’ worth of advertising against entertainment programming.
The ongoing shutdown is now the 2nd longest in the country’s history. Approximately 800,000 federal workers will not get paid this week.
Trump is demanding over $5 billion in funding for a border wall between the United States and Mexico, and has refused to sign any government funding bills until he receives those funds.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has publicly stated that the Democrats are in favor of funding technology and staffing for border security, but the president is “not going to get a wall.”
So far, CNN has agreed to air the address, but being a cable news channel it’s easier for them to break from regular programming.
NBC News could let cable news outlet MSNBC air Trump’s speech and leave the network’s primetime lineup intact.
The Times notes that, in the past, primetime presidential addresses have been reserved for announcements of national importance like the killing of Osama bin Laden.
In related news, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Trump will travel to the U.S. Southern border on Thursday “to meet with those on the frontlines of the national security and humanitarian crisis.”
President @realDonaldTrump will travel to the Southern border on Thursday to meet with those on the frontlines of the national security and humanitarian crisis. More details will be announced soon.
Donald Trump says he relates to folks who can’t pay their bills
Asked by NBC’s White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell if he “can relate to the pain of federal workers who can’t pay their bills” thanks to the current #TrumpShutdown, billionaire Donald Trump said he could.
The Donald added that ‘many of those people’ who are now having to go without a paycheck ‘agree 100 percent’ with what he’s doing.
“I can relate, and I’m sure that the people that are on the receiving end will make adjustments, they always do, and they’ll make adjustments. People understand exactly what’s going on. But many of those people that won’t be receiving a paycheck, many of those people agree 100 percent with what I’m doing.”
My question to the president, “Can you relate to the pain of federal workers who can’t pay their bills?” Pres. Trump:”I can relate…”. Watch: pic.twitter.com/WJCBHZQ15x
According to The Washington Post, Democrats plan to pass a stopgap spending bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security through February 8.
The Homeland Security bill will match the one passed by the Republican-controlled Senate before Christmas which includes $1.3 billion for border fencing and other security measures.
Six other funding bills are also in the pipeline to fund closed portions of the federal government through September 30.
It looks like Donald Trump got the memo. The Trumpster launched into another Twitter rant on the subject this morning.
He keeps saying Democrats should get back to Washington, but technically Paul Ryan is still the Speaker of the House.
Just saying…
I campaigned on Border Security, which you cannot have without a strong and powerful Wall. Our Southern Border has long been an “Open Wound,” where drugs, criminals (including human traffickers) and illegals would pour into our Country. Dems should get back here an fix now!
I’m in the Oval Office. Democrats, come back from vacation now and give us the votes necessary for Border Security, including the Wall. You voted yes in 2006 and 2013. One more yes, but with me in office, I’ll get it built, and Fast!
It’s incredible how Democrats can all use their ridiculous sound bite and say that a Wall doesn’t work. It does, and properly built, almost 100%! They say it’s old technology – but so is the wheel. They now say it is immoral- but it is far more immoral for people to be dying!
By the way, that part about being “in the Oval Office?” Looks like it was another lie. White House reporter Brian Karem noted that there’s no Marine standing guard outside the Oval Office which is normal protocol when the president is in the West Wing.
Donald Trump went on a Twitter rant this afternoon blaming, of all people, the Democrats for the deaths of two children that were in custody of the Border Patrol.
This is the first time Trump has even commented on the children who died.
The Trumpster wrote, “Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally.”
Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They can’t. If we had a Wall, they wouldn’t even try! The two…..
…children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!
Despite Mr. Trump’s assertions to the contrary, most Democrats support increased funding for border security. Many Senate Democrats, for instance, voted to allocate tens of billions of dollars for security enhancements in 2013, including roughly doubling the size of the border patrol, creating new electronic monitoring systems and even some additional physical barriers at certain points along the border.
But that money was in the context of a comprehensive immigration overhaul that would have tried to address systemic problems. By contrast, they view Mr. Trump’s border wall as a costly and ineffective proposal. What is more, they have pointed to government accounting documents that show the Trump administration has spent only a fraction of the money allocated by Congress last year for a physical barrier along the border.
The Donald ended the rant by ironically taking responsibility for the shutdown saying, “Now we have to do it the hard way, with a Shutdown. Too bad!”
For those that naively ask why didn’t the Republicans get approval to build the Wall over the last year, it is because IN THE SENATE WE NEED 10 DEMOCRAT VOTES, and they will gives us “NONE” for Border Security! Now we have to do it the hard way, with a Shutdown. Too bad! @FoxNews
