I turned on the TV to find Trump barfing one of his word-association screeds.
I gather that he's sort of caved on the government shutdown. He was losing and losing badly. I guess the plan is to get legislation to him quickly before the little voices on the TV begin yelling at him. It's worth noting that the deal Trump is announcing is pretty much the same thing that he had initially agreed to six weeks ago, before the people on Fox yelled at him. So Federal worker were out for nearly five weeks for no goddamned good reason.
But then he got into some sort of incomprehensible crap about human-trafficking and how smugglers are driving vans of women across the open desert. He said that human trafficking is the worst that it's been in human history.
Oh, really? Has he ever heard of slavery? The importation of slaves into the U.S. was outlawed in 1808. Nobody knows for sure, because slavers didn't keep good records, but something over 50,000 slaves were imported into the U.S. between 1808 and the beginning of the Civil War. Importing slaves was made a death-penalty, but only one slave-ship captain was hung and that was after the war had begun.
It takes a goodly amount of willful ignorance to pretend to not know of that infamous chapter of American history. But acknowledging any of that would upset the "noble cause" loons that make up a good portion of Trump's base.
Why did Trump cave? Maybe because LGA shut down due to a shortage of controllers? Possibly the real possibility of the airlines being grounded got to him?
Nobody knows. But since Trump has a very long history of going back on his word, nothing is done until he pick up his crayon and signs the bill.
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"But then he got into some sort of incomprehensible crap about human-trafficking and how smugglers are driving vans of women across the open desert."
As an off-road motorcyclist, no. No, they don't drive smuggler vans across the open desert. The goddamn southwestern desert is not, in fact, open, like the Sahara, or the Arabian peninsula, and I am familiar with the specialized vehicles it takes to drive through it. All of the other vehicles drive on specialized areas of desert called "roads"...
Perhaps his decision had something to do with the headlines about his buddy being arrested.
-Doug in Oakland
The Senate and House have passed the CR and sent it to the WH for signature.
Donnie has now said “The government will either shut down again on Feb. 15” or "I will use my powers to build wall”.
No word on if Donnie has seen what Ann Coulter said, so we’ll see if he signs it...you never know.
Doug, as much as theories like that are attractive I suspect it has more to do with his steadily declining poll numbers and the first major national impact that's impossible to write off/ignore (today's ATC problems).
CP, interesting. He's certainly boxed himself into a corner there. I wonder if he'll follow through with it. Or perhaps he'll take the Dems up on their "similar amount but no wall" offer and spin it to his base? I suppose the Dems could cave too, but that seems like a stupid move after this decisive of a win.
I can only imagine how Donnie got a quick and angry call from someone with big bucks after 'their' plane was delayed at New York.
I think someone 'big' told him to knock it off, and "poof" no more shutdown.
It'd be nice to chew the 'resident's' ear off like that, except I'd have to listen to his nasal dripping. Ugh.
Money Talks, right?
w3ski
Like the Bear at idlehands dept said ....... it's time to listen to Molly Ivins and. " start banging on pots and pans."
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