Pelosi and Schumer expertly set him up for a fall - to brag and admit that he and he alone will take the mantle , the blame , for a government shutdown if he doesn’t ‘get his way’ .

I don’t think most Republicans want a shutdown though anyway.

They sure rose to the occasion.

Pelosi and Schumer realized what was happening and adroitly turned the table on him. I think he didn’t even realize the setup he walked right into when Schumer got him to admit he wanted to close the government down. I think it probably dawned on him when it was too late.

I think they looked at each other and silently agreed to go ahead and spring the trap. I did see a lot of eye contact between them.

They know and understand him too well. You can’t con those two, donald. You weren’t ready for people like them - and you’re stuck with them now.

They, on the other hand, were quite well-prepared for you.

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about that".

Countless times in my own professional life I have observed men doing this when wanting to "make their point" with women.

But when sales people do it, it's annoying to no end.

before the meeting? Did "Mother" tell him not to speak to Pelosi, since she is female? Now tRump is putting all the blame on Holy Mikey for not backing him up.

to a bratty 4 year old why he can't have ice cream for breakfast every day.

Catch the look on her face! She's almost rolling her eyes.

world coming to?! lol

Thank You, Nancy Pelosi!

Mahalo, mcar!

She will drive him crazy when she is Speaker.

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too old for the job as Speaker, that we have anyone else who could work this moment as well and with as much steely resolve as Nancy Pelosi. When she says, "You do not have the vote?" You can take that to the bank because Pelosi knows how to whip and count votes down to the last rheumy eyeball.

This was a Master Class performance. She even inspired Chuck Schumer to show his spine. Then that triumphant march from the WH to the press pool?

Boom!

Pelosi slayed it.

THAT was a "Master Class" in how to handle IQ45!!!!!

Way to go, Madam Speaker (and, if chips can really fall the right way, Madam President!!!!)

She didn't even break a sweat.

When has anyone, especially a woman said that to trump I such a forceful way. And on national TV.

That going to leave a deep mark

Somebody should count how many times Putin's Toy Trump says, "the wall" in that short video. He's obsessed, demented, and possessed (by Putin).

Dolt45 says "wall" 45 times while crumbing before the cameras.

That may be the secret incantation the world has been looking for.

Should be easier than saying "Beetlejuice" three times.

The one with alternate facts seems to be playing havoc, but I’m not sure, because of the Quixotic nature of it, whether it’s playing a joke on us.

constantly interrupting Pelosi. I thought maybe he was gonna have a full-blown temper tantrum and have to be rescued by Pence.

but like everything else he does, he's a lousy actor.

He stormed out, threw the papers that Schumer had just declared were a lie.

Trump lost that meeting, big time.

I have not cared much for Schumer but he has proven to be a street fighter and knows just how to push Trump buttons. No polite Harry Reid there. That smile of Chucks said it all.

I think Pence has been careful to keep his eyes downcast and his face expressionless whenever he's within earshot of Cheeto. Why? Because if he actually listens and reacts to the crap coming out of Cheeto's mouth, he'd end up being the new Plaid Shirt Guy.

about how that lucky Falwell Jr. can get himself a nice cabana boy and he can't.

And yes, I enjoy the idea of homophobic bigots thinking about gay sex more than gay people do. Pence is one of them.

Rightwing Evangelicals think about gay sex and beastiality a lot. No one else think about those things at all. Wonder what else is happening between the bible-thumping?

zoning out for a bit when things got tense. Nothing like a nice, steamy gay sex fantasy to break up the tension in his own little mind.

Maybe he's on THC oil supplements.

operate way above his level of competence. They exploded the myth of him being a great negotiator as another of the many frauds perpetuated on the American people. Nice how they set him up to take the blame for his threatened shutdown.

From now on, that should be the stock example of stupidity. Forget doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Shitler has taken stupid to a whole new level.

Even Schumer suddenly discovers a thin vein of iron in his spine and maneuvers El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago into bragging about shutting down the government unless he gets his way, thereby undercutting any political strategy the Republicans in Congress might have been developing to blame a prospective shutdown on the Democrats.

Schumer didn't maneuver anyone. Shitler brought it up and kept harping on it. Schumer just followed an age old maxim of politics. If your opponent is destroying themselves, don't interfere.

of the ENTIRE WORLD.

Well done Madame Speaker, well done.

...He didn't call this out for what it really is: Kabuki theater to draw attention away from the Justice Department's ongoing investigation into criminal interference in the 2016 elections (and perhaps beyond).

Oh, look! A shiny object!

No disrespect to Congresswoman Pelosi for showing she has what it takes to lead the House of Representatives. But we should not lose sight of the 400 lb. gorilla in the room.

Some attention and energy have to be applied to governance and Pelosi is good at it.

Trump has no clue how to govern, everything is political theater to him. And Speaker to be Pelosi pinned Trump’s ears back in public, because he’s clueless at this.

HE was trying to show his base that it's the Democrats who have prevented him from getting his wall. Even though Pelosi tried to point out that he has the W.H., the Senate, and the House...Trump drowned her out with his temper tantrum, although he was trying to control himself.

The Democrats are not going to vote for his stupid wall, but they made an offer of $1.2Billion in exchange for a DACA bill (like they offered before). He turned that down again.

I don't think we should give even $1.2 Billion, frankly.

His base will follow him, whatever he says. He is sending out the whistle, telling them what to think and say. They will do it. Today was his message: It's the Democrats' fault. Not his, not the Republicans (the Republicans who won't vote for his wall, either).

Such a badass!

Coat and

A woman who grew up as the sole girl with 5 brothers. Her dad and brother were both mayors of Baltimore. She knows how to handle Trump and his ilk.

embrace trump". And, Moore said "Stormy Daniels and the Russian Investigations were a distraction". So much for his advice.

They would not stop cutting her off and speaking over her. Classic misogyny. So cowardly.

about this event is that IF we can rid ourselves of Orange Dotard and Penceless, Nancy automatically becomes POTUS!

If Putin thought that Hillary would be an adversary, he must really be quaking in his boots about the very real possibility of Nancy Pelosi!

Bravissima, Madame Speaker!

And neither Trump nor Pence are looking especially teflon-y these days.

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"El Caudillo del Mar-a-Largo..."

At what point was Walker arrested? How much evidence did they have? Who arrested him? Why can't some federal officer arrest trump for treason? Why does anyone convey legitimacy to his presence in the Oval Office? How much more damage is going to be done while law enforcement sits on its hands?

I've been patient, we all have. But the writing is on the wall and we need him out. How much crap has he pulled in the last week? How much longer before he steers the ship of state onto a reef? Oh hell, before he sinks it.