Trump's Saturday Announcement

[happyhoix]

About our 'humanitarian crisis at the border.'

www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-to-make-announcement-saturday-on-shutdown/ar-BBSrjwg

Shall we place odds?

I'm betting he blathers but says nothing substantial. He just wants some attention.

Second choice - he declares a national emergency, in order to make a stink large enough to overshadow the whole 'Cohen claims Trump made him lie to congress' storyline that's crowding up the media right now.

 

[Wisconsin Beth]

Never bet on a sure thing.

[Tennesseer]

[mroped]

Ten seconds to declare national emergency followed by at least 10 minutes of how greatly he won the election, what a wonderful job his staff is doing under his supervision and that he will sign a great pact with Kim Jong Un in February 

[busymom]

He's a media wh*re.  He has to be the center of attention, in a "good" way, or he's not happy.  (I believe he's also trying to distract from the shutdown, and his legal troubles.)  Are you sure his middle name isn't Kardashian?  

[MN-Investor]

He'll declare a national emergency and say he'll sign Republican bills to re-open the government which the Democrats have shut down. He'll declare a victory, then board a jet to Mar-a-Lago to get in a game of golf.

[toomuchreality]

Jan 18, 2019 19:35:02 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

Never bet on a sure thing.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

He has to make an announcement that tomorrow he will make an announcement. Must be lonely in the WH. 

[kadee79]

Wish he was announcing he is resigning!

[laterbloomer]

Is he doing his STOU?

[oped]

On women’s march day...

[billisonboard]

(CNN) President Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats another proposal to end the shutdown when he addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday afternoonlink

Interesting tactic. Is this a part of the Art of the Deal, attempting to create public pressure?

[billisonboard]

Can't find any discussion on who is and isn't covering this one live.

[dezii]

Jan 18, 2019 19:42:44 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

The above or something similar...blame Madam Speaker of House, Clinton, Obama...if end the shut down...take credit completely for it....

[dezii]

Jan 19, 2019 12:17:19 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Can't find any discussion on who is and isn't covering this one live.

Will tune into CNN...probably again, all the networks will probably have it...If they were smart...have one network cover...let other networks / cable outlets take the feed and promise to show one hour after he is finished ...and up to networks to show how much they want to show with their own comments on his talk...smart not to have it Sunday with the two playoff football games

Guarantee that would piss him off and get Sanders up there sputtering her outrage...

[happyhoix]

Jan 19, 2019 12:07:29 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

(CNN) President Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats another proposal to end the shutdown when he addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday afternoonlink

Interesting tactic. Is this a part of the Art of the Deal, attempting to create public pressure?

Probably that was his attempt.

His offer to provide the DACA kids amnesty for 3 years pissed off the far righters like Anne Coulter (why does anyone give a shit what Anne Coulter thinks?) and the Dems think he's offering 3 years of amnesty so that, right after his re-election (if that happens) he can end the 3 year amnesty and start kicking everyone out, so they're not biting, either.

For someone who claims he's the king of making excellent deals, he really sucks at it.  I think Pence was the only person who liked what Trump said on Saturday.

[Tennesseer]

Jan 21, 2019 8:26:46 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Jan 19, 2019 12:07:29 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

(CNN) President Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats another proposal to end the shutdown when he addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday afternoonlink

Interesting tactic. Is this a part of the Art of the Deal, attempting to create public pressure?

Probably that was his attempt.

His offer to provide the DACA kids amnesty for 3 years pissed off the far righters like Anne Coulter (why does anyone give a shit what Anne Coulter thinks?) and the Dems think he's offering 3 years of amnesty so that, right after his re-election (if that happens) he can end the 3 year amnesty and start kicking everyone out, so they're not biting, either.

For someone who claims he's the king of making excellent deals, he really sucks at it.  I think Pence was the only person who liked what Trump said on Saturday.

Pence was able to speak while trump's balls were in his mouth?

[toomuchreality]

Jan 21, 2019 8:53:43 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 21, 2019 8:26:46 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Probably that was his attempt.

His offer to provide the DACA kids amnesty for 3 years pissed off the far righters like Anne Coulter (why does anyone give a shit what Anne Coulter thinks?) and the Dems think he's offering 3 years of amnesty so that, right after his re-election (if that happens) he can end the 3 year amnesty and start kicking everyone out, so they're not biting, either.

For someone who claims he's the king of making excellent deals, he really sucks at it.  I think Pence was the only person who liked what Trump said on Saturday.

Pence was able to speak while trump's balls were in his mouth?

[dezii]

poor

Jan 21, 2019 8:26:46 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Jan 19, 2019 12:07:29 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

(CNN) President Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats another proposal to end the shutdown when he addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday afternoonlink

Interesting tactic. Is this a part of the Art of the Deal, attempting to create public pressure?

Probably that was his attempt.

His offer to provide the DACA kids amnesty for 3 years pissed off the far righters like Anne Coulter (why does anyone give a shit what Anne Coulter thinks?) and the Dems think he's offering 3 years of amnesty so that, right after his re-election (if that happens) he can end the 3 year amnesty and start kicking everyone out, so they're not biting, either.

For someone who claims he's the king of making excellent deals, he really sucks at it.  I think Pence was the only person who liked what Trump said on Saturday.

Regarding being a great deal maker...interesting u mention it....today on CNN was a person who is very familier with Trumps life...early on and up to today...Don't ask me who, the talking heads names for the most part come and go, but he did say something interesting. 

His early years , when his father was alive, by going along with him and working under him he was a very good deal maker but after his father passed, not so good.

From the Casino in Atlantic city...a large hotel...many other doings...very, very poor deal maker and now as POTUS  it seems to have continued with him.

Piss poor deal maker, see the latest....31 days shut down...Coast Guard serving in harms way

[This is one of our Armed Forces...on a par with the Army, Air Force Navy]…

As all of our military services , it   consists of young people just starting out, young families with kids..low pay and rarely have $ put away..no $ coming in and as today , one of the larger CG ships being deployed...family still has no $ coming in as fathers / Mothers sail away...and what we get from the Donald...?

A tweet this AM how he appreciates such sacrifices....Guess that might put food on the table , pay the rent, car payments, pay for the kids  , wifes medicine...[geez already....]

[countrygirl2]

You know I'm so sick of him.  Wonder if no one talked about him at all if it would infuriate him even more.


I'm just sick of hearing about loser trump.  He is destroying our country and I'm just hoping mueller gets done and gets

 on with it.  If he has something present it, if not then quit acting like he does and giving us hope.

[toomuchreality]

Jan 22, 2019 2:01:38 GMT -5 countrygirl2 said:

You know I'm so sick of him.  Wonder if no one talked about him at all if it would infuriate him even more.


I'm just sick of hearing about loser trump.  He is destroying our country and I'm just hoping mueller gets done and gets

 on with it.  If he has something present it, if not then quit acting like he does and giving us hope.

You have hope? ! 

[countrygirl2]

Yes, I have hope, this is all that is between us and destruction of our democracy from within.

[andi9899]

Jan 21, 2019 8:53:43 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 21, 2019 8:26:46 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Probably that was his attempt.

His offer to provide the DACA kids amnesty for 3 years pissed off the far righters like Anne Coulter (why does anyone give a shit what Anne Coulter thinks?) and the Dems think he's offering 3 years of amnesty so that, right after his re-election (if that happens) he can end the 3 year amnesty and start kicking everyone out, so they're not biting, either.

For someone who claims he's the king of making excellent deals, he really sucks at it.  I think Pence was the only person who liked what Trump said on Saturday.

Pence was able to speak while trump's balls were in his mouth?

I almost lost my tea I was drinking just now. Hahahaha!

[billisonboard]

But its not.

A majority of voters believe President Trump's proposal to link funding for the border wall with temporary protections for some undocumented immigrants should be the starting point for negotiations over the government shutdown, a new poll released Tuesday showed.

The Hill-HarrisX poll found that 56 percent of voters aware of Trump's proposal believed that the president's offer should be taken as a "good faith" offer to start negotiations over a partial government shutdown that is now in its fifth week. link

I understand the thought that it isn't good faith but that is irrelevant. People "believe" that it is so Democrats need to take it as such, a start. I would look at offering money to get a final plan for what exactly this structure is going to look like, environmental study money, and land acquisition.

[billisonboard]

Trump's shutdown proposal would drastically toughen asylum, DACA, TPS rules link

It would have been great if the Democrats were in a position to say, "Hey, we give it an honest look and here is what we found."

[kadee79]

Here is some from Bill's link....

Central American children who crossed the border illegally could not ask for asylum. Application fees for protection for deportation would increase. More than $5.7 billion for available for the border wall.

President Donald Trump has described his proposal for ending the government shutdown as a trade of a three-year extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, for the $5.7 billion he’s been demanding for the border wall he wants to build.



But details in the bill that the Senate will vote on Thursday have immigration advocates and Democrats calling the offer partisan, malevolent and “feigned” attempt at compromise.

“It’s a sham,” Ur Jaddou, director of America’s Voice DHS Watch program, told NBC News Wednesday. “It’s shocking to see they would call this a serious compromise. They didn’t even try.”

The proposal got the White House’s endorsement Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the proposal is was not intended to end the shutdown.

“The president’s proposal is one-sided, harshly partisan and was made in bad faith,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Tuesday.