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In their eyes, a prolonged stalemate will likely fracture voters along traditional partisan lines, and the ultimate outcome will be a debate waged largely on the presidents terms. Increasingly, they see an upside in forcing likely incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi to have to spend the first days, if not weeks, of the next Congress engaged in an argument over border wall funding rather than her preferred agenda: a mix of sweeping ethics and election reforms and congressional oversight. And they continue to believe that a conversation around immigration and border security is in the presidents best political interests.
The more the focus is on the wall, the more Pelosi is forced to focus on this fight instead of the investigations, said one source close to the White House, expressing a sentiment shared with The Daily Beast by three other individuals allied with Trump. Its a situation where [Trump] has no choice but to shut it down. Its the best of the worst choices. Its really the only choice [because] I think there are people who would vote for him today who might not if he gave in too quickly."
The White House press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But two people whove spoken with Trump about the shutdownone during and the other just before it begansaid the president believes the politics have been a boon for him and a potential humiliation for the Democrats. One of these sources said Trump has privately predicted that Democratic politicians are screwing themselves with voters by resisting his hard-line, restrictionist immigration policies, and not signing on to his wall.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-gleeful-that-shutdown-will-hijack-pelosis-big-moment?ref=home
Vinca
(50,273 posts)It's already in the works for the House to pass a bill and it's expected to be passed by the Senate in order to stop this fiasco. If the Orange King vetoes it, she might have a big surprise for him.
spanone
(135,841 posts)Hugin
(33,148 posts)And, if Speaker Pelosi gets good at it, the next vote could be to send Old Yeller to the salt mines.
Laugh on you nattering baboons.
manor321
(3,344 posts)The House will pass legislation to re-open government and the story will be why Trump isn't signing it (or why the Republican Senate refuses to take up the bill).
Meanwhile all the other committees will start their investigation work.
Republicans can't stop it. This article is just Republican fantasy.
underpants
(182,823 posts)Foxworld will drill this in and some of the actual media will give it some mention.
What they allude to here is something I posted about on Sunday - the WH doesnt think Trump can get re-elected if he doesnt get the wall.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211583123
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)She's been Speaker before, you knobs. What you consider her "big moment" is just getting back into a position to get Congress working again, and I'm pretty sure her focus will be on governance and the country rather than herself. But you nitwits don't think that way, so you're obsessed with hijacking her big moment because you think Pelosi is as egotistical as your hero, the Emperor Trump.