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trump is an idiot https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/23/trump-thought-pelosi-was-bluffing/
White House officials had believed Pelosi wanted only to postpone Trumps State of the Union for political reasons after she sent a letter to him last week asking him to delay the address until after the partial government shutdown ended. The plan from administration officials was to call her bluff by pressing forward with plans to deliver the speech, including a new letter on Wednesday that they hoped would force her hand.
Now theyre left exploring alternative venues.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,757 posts)She'll pants you, take your lunch money and stuff you in your locker before you know what hit you.
Gothmog
(145,359 posts)irisblue
(32,993 posts)tblue37
(65,423 posts)LS_Editor
(893 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,757 posts)So she pantsed him.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)FakeNoose
(32,658 posts)... an atomic wedgie - for all to see.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)And he's wrong. Speaker Pelosi has principles to ground her, and a feeling for not messing up government by setting bad precedents.
He thinks everyone, like him, is greedy, unprincipled, motivated only by political self interest.
Gothmog
(145,359 posts)trump assumes that everyone is a coward like himself and so will back down if confronted. trump is an idiot and Nancy Pelosi was not bluffing
Cha
(297,352 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,074 posts)He bluffed because thats what he always does. He watched his poll numbers like theyre a bag of Filet O Fish sandwiches. He freaks out when they go down and theyre going down. He was counting on the SOTU to give him a bump like it usually does for Presidents.
Nancy knew just what would hurt his fragile ego the most.
She has other cards to play too.
irisblue
(32,993 posts)Is an expert in statecraft. He just doesn't have that knowledge I expect
tanyev
(42,577 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,757 posts)And to accuse them of inviting MS-13 to come across the border and rape everybody because they won't approve his vanity wall.
Gothmog
(145,359 posts)dalton99a
(81,529 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)brush
(53,794 posts)I though maybe raw umber, or that spray on stuff of little pellets that clings to the strands rapidly receding backwards on his head.
tanyev
(42,577 posts)Republicans would have been popping up every three seconds for standing ovations. Makes me nauseous just to think about it.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Looks like he could be the robot voice on some Yahoo news "video."
NBachers
(17,125 posts)Gothmog
(145,359 posts)Link to tweet
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is pure poison. And now he is pure poison without any more gatekeepers to prevent him from influencing the gigantic moron who happens to be the most powerful man on the planet.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)Hekate
(90,727 posts)...what that means. I wonder if he is capable of learning.
dalton99a
(81,529 posts)A so-called businessman who knows nothing about management, business, or trade
He's nothing but a low-life con man, a cowardly bully and a thieving traitor
And Republicans put him there
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)And serial sexual abusers like Trump.
The first fanatisies that women will do his bidding and the latter have surrounded themselves with women in a position of no power.
No wonder they are surprised that there are women stronger and smarter than them.
I would love them to meet my wife. After 32 years together our relationship is built on trust, honesty, shared values and fun. And a little bit of fear on my part!!
To bad they never knew women like that!
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)EVER!
You should have called me Trumpy. I would have explained that to you.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)Gothmog
(145,359 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,165 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Look at what he dealt with before, the somehow upright amoeba Paul Ryan. He has no idea how to act. A tweet from someone who knows:
Link to tweet
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)This took about a week from the first letter saying to postpone. How many more weeks before they realize she isn't bluffing about the wall?
The senate republicans could end this.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)"Trump dared Pelosi to cancel the SOTU. ... So she did"
MrGrieves
(315 posts)Now to place the cherry on top, whatever speech he does give wherever he does do it, I say the Democratic Response should be given from the house floor! They have the right to do so.