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Ahead of his televised prime-time address to push for border-wall funding on Tuesday night, President Trump reportedly conceded in private that his upcoming speech and planned trip to the border would be pointless. Its not going to change a damn thing, but Im still doing it, The New York Times quoted Trump as saying of the border visit, citing an unnamed source. Two sources cited by the Times said the president acknowledged in an off-the-record lunch with television anchors that he did not want to deliver the address or travel to Texas, but had been talked into it by advisers. He also reportedly said the visit to the border was merely a photo opportunity. But, he was quoted as saying, gesturing at his communications aides, Bill Shine, Sarah Sanders, and Kellyanne Conway, these people behind you say its worth it." Trumps trip to the border was announced this week, more than two weeks into a partial government shutdown prompted by his demands for border-wall funding. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said he would be traveling to the border to meet with those on the frontlines of the national-security and humanitarian crisis.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/nyt-trump-privately-said-his-border-visit-not-going-to-change-a-damn-thing
underpants
(182,788 posts)Nothing to do with him/it but if its supposed to be a private conversation then leave it as such.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)He's that lazy.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,585 posts)by advisers (i.e., Stephen Miller).
How much per hour does it cost to fly Air Force One?
Eyeball_Kid
(7,431 posts)Right there on the Rio Grande! Trumpy can muster together a few hundred southern Texans eager to surrender their land for Trumpy's Wall, and they can hold a rally on the banks of the River. Once there, Trumpy can shout to the heavens that, "as the Lord said unto me, 'You will build a Great Wall to keep out the brown skinned heathens, and your name will be glorified into the highest regions of Fascist Heaven.' So my mission is clear, poorly educated Fans. I have been anointed by God to build this Great Wall, and only the Dark Forces of Patriotism will resist. But their efforts will be futile, because God wills the Wall."
Mike and Mother will then have to wash their underwear.