Trump storms out of negotiations after Pelosi says “No” to a Wall

[Hindsight was 2020]

https://mobile.twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/1083100253014970374
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1083099784012091396
Art of the tantrum

[ProudModerate2]

Schumer: "We saw a temper tantrum. Because he couldn't get his way, and he just walked out of the meeting."

[Pyro]

Why doesn't Congress simply pass a funding bill and override Trump's veto?

[Dr. Arch]

lmao, dear lord. Why must we live on Earth 3?

[ProudModerate2]

Why doesn't Congress simply pass a funding bill and override Trump's veto?

McTurtle is refusing to allow any vote on the bills that The House will be sending to the Senate.
But, let's hope he changes his mind, as the bills are going to reach him later this week and also next week.

[Devout Centrist]

Why doesn't Congress simply pass a funding bill and override Trump's veto?

Doing so would be political suicide for Mitch McConnell and it would reflect very badly on any Republican Senator who votes for an override.

That being said, I think this option becomes more and more likely with each passing week.

[Santander]

Poor baby.

[ProudModerate2]

WATCH the full (about 5-1/2 minute long) Schumer/Pelosi/Hoyer after-the-meeting, press conference here:

https://youtu.be/RfLl2GNY2Mg

[ProudModerate2]

I wish this was my creation, but I cant take responsibility for it.
I found it as a comment to the YouTube video above, but wanted to share it separately here ...


trumpty Dumpty has NO wall.
trumpty Dumpty watched his approval Fall.
trumpty Dumpty walked away... Why  ?
trumpty Dumpty had to have a good CRY !

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Perhaps we should start mailing pacifiers to the White House?

[Badger]

Why doesn't Congress simply pass a funding bill and override Trump's veto?

In a nutshell, 99% of congressional Republicans are either pussies, crazy, or a combination thereof.

[TML]

Why doesn't Congress simply pass a funding bill and override Trump's veto?

Right now, Republican support for such a move is increasing, but the rate of increase is a trickle, not a torrent.

However, I wouldn't rule out a torrent coming soon.

[GoTfan]

Why doesn't Congress simply pass a funding bill and override Trump's veto?

Right now, Republican support for such a move is increasing, but the rate of increase is a trickle, not a torrent.

However, I wouldn't rule out a torrent coming soon.

How likely is it that this might be what does McConnell in?

[Xing]

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Does anyone expect anything but a Democratic victory at the end of this whole ordeal? There is no way Nancy is going to even budge on the wall. The polls say it all: Americans blame Trump and his party for the shutdown, his approval rating is dropping, and an overwhelming majority oppose the wall and shutting down the government over it.

[ProudModerate2]

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Donnie is still upset that he didn't get this as a Christmas present. Sad!

[Crumpets]

I thought Trump was going to have all of his negotiations with Schumer and Pelosi in front of cameras? What happened to Mr. Transparency?

[Landslide Lyndon]

Imagine what happens when he learns that Mexico isn't going to pay for the wall.

[ProudModerate2]

I thought Trump was going to have all of his negotiations with Schumer and Pelosi in front of cameras? What happened to Mr. Transparency?

What I am most confused about is ...
Was it not just last week when the trump/Pence team was bitching and hollering about the Dems not negotiating by sending their leadership team to the table, but instead just sending staffers?

So when the Dem leaders do show-up to the table, Childish Donnie says the whole thing "is a waste of time," and storms-out like a crybaby.
What gives?

[Hermit For Peace]

I thought Trump was going to have all of his negotiations with Schumer and Pelosi in front of cameras? What happened to Mr. Transparency?

What I am most confused about is ...
Was it not just last week when the trump/Pence team was bitching and hollering about the Dems not negotiating by sending their leadership team to the table, but instead just sending staffers?

So when the Dem leaders do show-up to the table, Childish Donnie says the whole thing "is a waste of time," and storms-out like a crybaby.
What gives?

It's all part of the show. Gotta give a good show, you know.

[Crumpets]

I thought Trump was going to have all of his negotiations with Schumer and Pelosi in front of cameras? What happened to Mr. Transparency?

What I am most confused about is ...
Was it not just last week when the trump/Pence team was bitching and hollering about the Dems not negotiating by sending their leadership team to the table, but instead just sending staffers?

So when the Dem leaders do show-up to the table, Childish Donnie says the whole thing "is a waste of time," and storms-out like a crybaby.
What gives?

It's all part of the show. Gotta give a good show, you know.

Can't have a good show without cameras, though. I think he's just scared.

[longtimelurker]

Does this sequence remind anyone of the scene between Tom Cruise and Joe Pantaliano in Risky Business?

"Now you listen to me!"

"No, you listen to me!"

<Click>

 "You listen to me!"

"No, you listen to me!"

[Koharu]

Why doesn't Congress simply pass a funding bill and override Trump's veto?

Doing so would be political suicide for Mitch McConnell and it would reflect very badly on any Republican Senator who votes for an override.

Why? "The Wall," the shutdown, and Trump are all extremely unpopular right now. I don't see how refusing to back the president on something so unpopular would be "suicide."

[Badger]

Why doesn't Congress simply pass a funding bill and override Trump's veto?

Doing so would be political suicide for Mitch McConnell and it would reflect very badly on any Republican Senator who votes for an override.

Why? "The Wall," the shutdown, and Trump are all extremely unpopular right now. I don't see how continuing to back the president is something so unpopular would be "suicide."

Because I genuinely believe that for all their tough as nails politicking, that Pelosi and Schumer, unlike Trump, have emotions and empathy for other people and deplore the suffering and financial hardships Federal workers and the communities they serve are starting to endure. The biggest weakness, if you want to call it that, in Democrats sticking to this is Trump literally absolutely does not give a flying s*** how many people he Harms or how badly, or even the country itself, so long as he gets what he wants. Pelosi and Schumer might just give him his toy wall so federal employee families don't get foreclosed on, and kids who rely on food stamps don't go down to one meal a day.

That, and to add some cynicism to it, Urban recipients of food stamps and federal workers are both important Democratic constituencies whom might eventually yell uncle loud enough for Pelosi and Schumer to at least partially cave.