President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks on the shutdown from the White House Rose Garden on Friday at 1:30 p.m. ET. Watch live below:
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Headline should be “Nancy Pelosi dog walks Individual 1”
Trump’s power play utterly and completely failed. The vote yesterday in the Senate (loosing 6 republicans) was a signal to Pelosi that she would win, and someone evidently (see McConnell, Mitch) clearly told Trump the gig was up, and that if he did not cave, the Senate might just buck him and reopen the government anyway.
Trump will now have to deal with a much strengthened Pelosi, who knows Trump will fold like a cheap suit. Trump will also have to think about his advisors (Mulveney, Miller, and Sean Hannity) who advised him really, really badly, and no likelihood of getting quality people in as long as they are around.
Trump can either (a) try to pivot (late, but not never) or (b) go further down the FOX news blackhole. Neither are a winning strategy for him at his point.
Let me guess, he would not be taking questions…
Over at WaPo they’ve said there’s a tentative (short term?) deal without wall funds…
Guess Nancy’s done it again. She’s magnificent!!
"In conclusion, I am putting my trust in Nancy — did you know she said it’s ok for me to call her "Nancy “…can you believe it? She’s a magnificent leader…Mitch could take some lessons from Nancy about leadership! Where was I ? Just a minute, let me text Nancy to see if I got this right. Speakerphone? Ok, Nancy…”