He’s not that good of an actor.

You can relax.

If donald mostly cared about ratings, building suspense a la reality TV marketing, stagecraft loosely, he'd end the shutdown in time to give the SOTU on January 29 as originally scheduled.

If he does not take that opportunity, I'll have next to zero doubt left that the #TrumpShutdown is only coin for Putin, and the wall demand is simply pretext.

it would be news to all of us, his biographers included. Trumpy is way too rigid for the kind of change of which you write. It's just not in his experience, nor in his knowledge base. He'll resign. He'll resign because he now knows that nearly all avenues for success are now blocked by the House. He also knows that the House will relentlessly take the framing away from Trumpy as they issue subpeonaes, grill witnesses, issue statements and reports... Trumpy's time in control of the national narrative is fast coming to a close.

In the past he has essentially run away from projects when they stopped going his way. With Pelosi in charge, that's going to happen an awful lot now, but those projects were more or less not that newsworthy before he became president. So while yes, he did run his various businesses into the ground, and even though America probably wouldn't have cared, he always had something else waiting in the wings so he could announce it and satiate his ego. He doesn't have that option now. If he quits, it's big news, and he is the ultimate loser in one of the biggest games with the highest stakes. There's nothing he can roll out after that that takes that away. I wonder if his ego will allow him to quit.

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disaster in the Oval Office. Heh, heh. Just kidding. Not really.

the face on the way to work each day.

so he is only focusing on general election. That is the change that was made today I beleive. But him changing course is the least of my worries. And no way gop senate will approve min wage increase - they depend on corporate donors.

only the states can. This is an endorsement, that's all.

for the messes he creates. No need for you to worry about this at least. Ain't gonna happen.

"That I can tell you."

I wonder how long after he's gone I'll still despise him.

That’s how long I’m planning on.

I hope I can acquire some amnesia about him.

Forgiveness will not be happening.

So, nope, it won't be happening for me either. Actually, even if he was contrite, it's just too much to ask.

he runs into a wall


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He is currently staring at a lose/lose decision.

Sheesh.

Luckily if there’s one thing Trump is bad at, it’s faking compassion.

We would see right through him if he ever tried this.

For the record I doubt he’ll even bother such a scheme. He’s not that capable.

due to his morbid fear of his putrid base. He knows if he loses them, it's over.

Proof is in the signature and BS gets called out.

When that didn’t happen they said it would happen if he won the election.

When that didn’t happen, they said it would happen after he was inaugurated.

When that didn’t happen, they said it would happen after Steve Bannon left the White House.

When that didn’t happen, they said it would happen after John Kelly got control of things as Chief of Staff.

My take it to the bank prediction:

It’s not going to happen.

Sorry is not in his limited vocabulary. I would not be surprised to hear that he has been chewing the woodwork in the Oval Office due to being outgunned by Speaker Pelosi. He doesn't do remorse, only revenge.

Any promises Trump makes should be disregarded until a deal is actually concluded. Any promises about DACA or a hike in the minimum wage, or anything else aren't worth the breath Trump uses to mouth them. As soon as any of his offers is accepted, his default, go-to move is to pull the offer back and offer less. In his dichotomous winner/loser mind, any offer that's accepted is automatically not the best deal he could get. When all is said and done, he has to deliver less than he first offered so that he wins.

The first being that he would never do that. The second being, even if he did all that, his base would abandon him and there would be no way he'd get reelected. So if he did that, then it would be a win all around in the end.

No one will be able to turn him into a martyr, not even Fox News and the usual suspects. The man has no empathy and he's not a good enough actor to pretend he's suddenly developed compassion. He's hurt millions of Americans with this nonsense and has put us all at risk.

No tears for the Trumpster because traitors and rotten human beings don't deserve sympathy, only scorn.

Never forget, never forgive.

Not really.