Trump administration officials are reportedly in a state of “panic,” in Politico’s words, over how to keep President Trump from closing down the southern border as he has threatened to do via Twitter.
Several administration officials who spoke to Politico described the White House as “freaked out” over the harm a border shutdown could cause. Panic is so high that officials are even considering working with Congress on the issue: they’re scrambling to put together some type of legislative fix that would “tighten immigration laws,” Politico reported.
Trump threatened on Twitter last week he’d close the southern border (or portions of it) if Mexico didn’t figure out a way to halt “illegal immigration immediately.”
Uh huh.
“Listen Nancy. You’ve gotta help us. We don’t like this immigration proposal anymore than you do, but if you don’t pass it, he might do something crazy!!! Shhhh!!! He’s coming!”
That’s a damn high degree of panic if they’re considering on working with congress (Pelosi).
How about trade-sies:
You get someone to leak the Full Mueller Report and we might talk…
Closing the border would tank the US economy as well as Mexico’s. It would make patently clear Trump’s lack of understanding about just about anything: trade, the US economy, the global
economy and foreign relations, for a start. And his action to shut down aid to the countries from which so many are fleeing will only make things in those countries worse resulting in more people wanting to leave.
Of course the WH is going bananas. Except for the many trolls who slavishly follow him. I do wonder what Kellyanne, Miller, Jared, Mulvaney and SHS are saying to him. Not to mention Hannity etc. at Fox.
“Good Cop, Bad Cop”-play ?
I trust Speaker Pelosi have seen that one before…