Trump, September 2017: Walmart Knockoff Hats and Other Indignities

gop leaders... otm???

I read in one of those pity party pieces that she's been doing this very much on purpose since Kelly changed the locks.

so... i'm really confused about what just happened earlier; with the disaster relief / debt ceiling etc...

Trump had a stroke last night; he's a Democrat now

y'all help me get my head all the way around on this. I understand why the Dems were pushing for a 3 month hike -- so they could make their support in December contingent on things like DACA and I guess health care subsidies maybe? but why was the GOP pushing for 12? was that just to try and prevent that Dem manuever in December, or was it to make it easier for them to focus on tax reform, or is there another reason I'm missing?

Trump just wants some shit passed asap - Dems offered a deal that positions them well for future negotiations in December and he took it like a moron.

was that just to try and prevent that Dem manuever in December

yes

they don't want to have this same exact battle in 3 months, they want to split everything up

a debt ceiling hike just requires a majority, right? meaning the only reason Dem votes are even needed is because of deficit hardline loons like Rand Paul and Mike Lee and Ted Cruz?

It all gets better and better here

Pretty incredible. @RobertBryan4 reports the meeting was deadlocked until Trump spoke up, sided with Dems https://t.co/qwmijVLkHb pic.twitter.com/KJ1D4m1raZ

— Brett LoGiurato (@BrettLoGiurato) September 6, 2017

"Art of the deal, Paul, I told ya! And fuck you Mitch!"

a debt ceiling hike just requires a majority, right?

it requires a 2/3rds majority iirc, so they will need Dem votes no matter what

"We had a very good meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer," Trump said. "We agreed to a three-month extension on debt ceiling, which they consider to be sacred - very important - always we'll agree on debt ceiling automatically because of the importance of it."

lol waht

I'm told by the time Ivanka came into wh meeting GOP leaders were shellshocked by @POTUS cutting unexpected deal w Dems in front of them

— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) September 6, 2017

Ah, she just arrived too darn late. I'm guessing Jared was opposed to it too, according to an "anonymous source w/knowledge of his thinking" https://t.co/6ukooNYa6A

— Jeff B/DDHQ (@EsotericCD) September 6, 2017

i have to imagine the only reason the GOP isn't eager to impeach this guy is that they'd fear losing the Trump base forever, because he's fucking them over so much, either directly or inadvertently.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJD4OVRXcAAs-Ke.jpg:small

STOP IT

can't

okay lol

that's the first one that i got a chuckle outta

Schumer, hair down

I came in late today, how did Yam switch parties?

He better call Chucky with the good hair

Isn't this what Ryan, McConnell, et. al wanted in January -- a prez who can make deals with Schumer?

anyway, Sparklepants gets it:

Trump’s insults of Schumer were insipid and unworthy. But surely there must be a middle ground between that name-calling and “Chuck and Nancy,” as Trump was referring to Pelosi and Schumer after a meeting today where he threw the GOP leadership over board and agreed to the Democrats’ proposal for a 3-month deal on the debt limit and funding of the government. This will give the Democrats leverage to push for concessions at the end of the year (including DACA untethered to enforcement measures) and complicate the job of the GOP leadership when it’s trying to focus on the Herculean task of passing tax reform. This comment, via Axios, from “a Republican close to leadership” may be too dire, but you get the drift.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner

clearly schumer a man who can take an insult or two

I love that Alfred doesn't edit out the "Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner";

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"if yr a good boy I will let u watch Curious George movie later abooboo"

How can an American President be so cruel? #DACA

— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) September 5, 2017

lol come on this is too easy https://t.co/GyGiIVWiCW

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) September 5, 2017

It's called compartmentalizing.

Out of all the "re-evaluations of past Republicans" going around, giving an inch of ground to Albright is the hardest for me. Even W has more of my sympathy.

Albright was a Dem?

the US forever warriors know no party

Yeah, I buy this, sure.

NEW: Trump's legislative director Marc Short says Trump agreed to shorter debt ceiling deal in order to "clear the decks" for tax reform.

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) September 6, 2017

looking forward to a lot of hot takes about TRUMP THE UNITER and how he doesn't play by washington's rules from people who still can't believe he's this dumb/need clicks

"I MEANT to do that"

xp

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surely Trump would insist on playing white

appropriate that none of those chess pieces have moved anywhere i guess

game has to keep restarting cos he keeps trying to play w/ checkers rules and throwing the board in disgust when corrected

Trump should move one step back.

It would quickly become clear to someone playing chess with Trump that a) he's unaware that chess is a different game than checkers and b) he was never able to quite wrap his head around the intricacies of playing checkers.

"let them come to us - we are in a position of strength"
"sir we are required to make a move. we have to take turns."
"we are always 4 moves ahead"
"yes sir"

In the Trump cult universe he is always much more fit and handsome. Subtle but suggests how thoroughly the cultish mindset skews perceptions.

In the Trump cult universe he is always much more fit and handsome. Subtle but suggests how thoroughly the cultish mindset skews perceptions.

Present-day hair, 1980s body.

the dude is an athlete

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Ben Garrison's Trump looks like Fabio or something

https://media.wired.com/photos/59446c633cf71b16ba5b9e23/master/pass/BenGarrison-Art.jpg

Donnie just wants to make everyone happy! Why is that so hard to understand?

President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied that he was sending mixed signals on the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and said he simply wants Congress to come up with a solution "where everybody is happy."

...

Trump said Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and “even very conservative members of Congress” want to take care of so-called Dreamers.

“Chuck and Nancy would like to see something happen, and so do I,” the president said. “And I said if we can get something to happen, we’re going to sign it and we’re going to make a lot of happy people.”

...

“I’d like to see something where we have good border security, and we have a great DACA transaction where everybody is happy and now they don’t have to worry about it anymore,” Trump said. “I’d like to see a permanent deal, and I think it’s going to happen. I think we’re going to have great support from both sides of Congress, and I really believe that Congress is going to work very hard on the DACA agreement and come up with something.”

just checked in on resident cosmic brain dildo Scott Adams and wouldn't you know it, he's currently praising Trump for his "strategic ambiguity" regarding DACA.

Oh dear.

"[Ivanka] wanted to make the trip. She said, 'Dad, can I go with you?' She said actually, 'Daddy, can I go with you?' I like that, right?" pic.twitter.com/fN2I8VPodZ

— David Mack (@davidmackau) September 6, 2017

Trump: "I speak to leaders all the time. Lots of them. I spoke to a leader of a major, major country recently, a really big one." pic.twitter.com/09lb5tgUWE

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) September 6, 2017