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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Velveteen Ocelot
(115,921 posts)But Nancy Pelosi has his tiny balls in a jar on her desk. He won't do it again.
FarPoint
(12,468 posts)She most certainly does!
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,921 posts)to keep Ann Coulter from calling him up and making him cry.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)He had to do that for his base. He has to make it sound like he's still calling the shots.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)highplainsdem
(49,059 posts)lost.
But he'll still keep blustering, making threats, and claiming nonexistent victories.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,503 posts)After he gets to do a big rally on all the tv, why wouldn't he shut it down to demand even more?
highplainsdem
(49,059 posts)Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)He has to make it sound to his base that he'll eventually win the battle and that the wall will still be built.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,503 posts)I count on the pain of GOP Senators more than the cowardice of Trump. It would take 20 R plus all D to override a veto.
Could be lots more scandals before the budget comes up again.
FloridaBlues
(4,009 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Laguardia shut down - a major NYC airport, and others were following. The shutdown was turning into a nationwide catastrophe.
The Senate GOP knew they were about to be tarred-and-feathered, so they caved, and forced Trump to cave with them.
They came out of the shutdown smelling like they've been swimming in an outhouse cesspit (in a national park during the shutdown), and they won't want to go through that again.