But he’ll probably just send out angry tweets, insult a bunch of Democrats and act generally pissy. Thatks nothing compared with what it would be like for him to give himself national emergency powers to ignore Congress and the Constitution.

But I’m wondering if there’s too much more he can do. Except for more of the same.

or the voices at fux tell him he is a loser for not doing it

but most of it is toothless rage anymore. He hasn’t been able to move anything either way. He has the same base and the same opposition. The opposition is still the greater number.

He used the wall thing as a weapon before the elections and it was a dismal failure and he’s trying to use it now. We all know it’s a failure this time too.

This was his ace in the hole? His big stick? Well if it was it’s not working. He has to live with that.

I think he will open the government as soon as he can invent another lie about it.

it gave him pause from going on instinct. He is still boxed in by his own dam self on government shutdown. But he met with the press this lunchtime to lower expectations about this speech.

puff himself up as the greatest dealmaker again. His base will love him for it.

They must've slipped some xanax into his crushed adderall lines because he was so subdued and flat. Thank God for that as that speech was just as flat, a total nothingburger.

He wasted the nation's time with not only no emergency declaration but no new proposal to end the shutdown by tempting Democrats to go along with say—a DACA deal, or less funding for "border security".

It was a feckless, mendacious mess that did nothing to move us an inch towards resolving the shutdown.

He further proved the job is way, way, way over his dyed blond, combed over head, but there's more.

Wait until tomorrow once Limpballs, Coulter, Ingraham and that little nazi Miller get to his ear. He'll probably again demand for wall and a issue renewed threat to declare an emergency.

and it so obviously didn’t work that even they will see the futility of that tactic. They may be monstrously cruel but they aren’t stupid. Standing his ground and holding his breath like they wanted obviously didn’t work.

speech the more it hurts the repugs.

He did nothing at all to solve the shutdown problem. It shows not just his incompetence but his staff's. They built up this whole, big expectation of something substantial about to happen and that's the best they could come up with. Pathetic.

It was so obvious that no one could miss it, especially his base who want to see him as a bad ass pushing everyone else around. He looks pathetic, just like you describe and that is the kiss of death.

The aurora were out, much better viewing than seeing an orange shitgibbon!

I love the depth of that blue! Thank you!

These are "Fairbanks Fireworks"! Can't have 'em on the 4th of July, it's too day out. So we love our winters, and it's only 19 below!

Nature is an irreplaceable gift!

an unfounded emergency declaration is too big a leap. Only the most insane of the republicans in congress would support such a bald power grab. It would put impeachment right in the center of the table.

I feel about this like I do about January on the farm in Illinois... every day that isn't 0 degrees is a day closer to seeing the light.... 23 days until I'm out of January and 665 days until we elect a new president.