President Donald Trump, ever hyper-aware of how his administration plays out in the media, boiled over recently as he turned to his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney: “We are getting crushed! Why can’t we get a deal?”
According to a Wednesday New York Times report, Trump is shocked that Democrats haven’t come around on the wall and has taken to finger pointing at various aides whenever he sees news or polling indicating that Americans are blaming him for the prolonged shutdown.
Mulvaney, the recipient of Trump’s latest outburst, is meanwhile trying to find his sea legs in his new position, reportedly taking a more hands-off approach than his predecessor.
“We are getting crushed! Why can’t we get a deal?”
There’s one basic thing you don’t understand and that is the word NO.
Besides that exactly what have you offered in exchange Mr. Dealer?
Break out the tiny violins.
I like the way that, at first glance, the photo makes the ceiling lamp look like a blank thought bubble over Mulvaney’s head while his face has the deer-in-the-headlights look.
Cry more, Donald.
(and if I never again have to hear every different kind of negotiated discussion pissed out of his anus-like mouth as a “deal”, it’ll be too soon)
“I’ve been yelling and crying and pouting and banging on the table and lying on the floor refusing to get up, but Mom still won’t give me ice cream. Why can’t I get her to give me ice cream? It’s always worked with everyone else.”
I thought the same thing. I wanted to write in, “what the hell did I think I would be doing?”