Democrats should think hard about calling this a cave, and running up their refusal to negotiate talking points. If they haven’t been watching Trump since he started running for President, they should know that Trump won’t give up, he won’t stop, he’ll keep pushing, and attacking him on it will make him dig in further and find a way to stick it in their faces
Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown
President Trump on Friday signed a short-term spending bill to re-open the government, ending the longest partial federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Trump signed the stop-gap spending bill just hours after the measure passed the Senate and House, respectively.
“On Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, the president signed into law: H.J. Res. 28, the ‘Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019,’ which includes a short-term continuing resolution that provides fiscal year 2019 appropriations through Feb. 15, 2019, for continuing projects and activities of the Federal Government included in the remaining seven appropriations bills,” the White House said in a statement late Friday. “Also included in the enrolled bill are provisions regarding retroactive pay and reimbursement, and extensions of certain authorities.”
Despite an end to the 35-day partial government shutdown, Trump on Friday night felt the need to defend the move, insisting that he had not caved on his sought-after funding for border security.
The deal for a short-term spending bill, which would keep the government open until Feb. 15, was agreed on to help those affected by the partial shutdown, the president said in a tweet.
“I wish people would read or listen to my words on the Border Wall,†Trump tweeted. “This was in no way a concession. It was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the Shutdown with the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal is done, it’s off to the races!†(snip)
During his announcement, Trump made reference to his previous threats to declare a national emergency to secure the border, calling it a “very powerful weapon,” and noted that if no deal was reached to fund border security and construction of a wall before Feb. 15, he would use his presidential powers to declare an emergency.
“Walls should not be controversial,†he said. “As commander-in-chief, my highest priority is the defense of our great country.â€
In other words, he will either get his money or do something like declare a national emergency. Don’t make the mistake of thinking he doesn’t have a plan.
And part of that plan is exposing Democrats as people who are unserious about securing the border. They’ve all been saying that they would negotiate once government was reopened. Yet
https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1088900251753345027
.@SpeakerPelosi asked if she’d now be open to a deal that included wall $. "Have I not been clear on the wall? No, I've been very clear on the wall."
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) January 25, 2019
We’ll wait and see if something happens over the next three weeks. If Democrats won’t negotiate money for a border barrier, they will surely be shocked at what Team Trump does, you can count on that. And don’t think that Trump won’t find a way to scapegoat Pelosi, Schumer, and the Democrats and get the national media to cover it.
