Did Trump just say something?

[orangecrush]

I think I missed it...

[lunasun]

1. He wants more money I think that's what he said

[HipChick]

3. for his Russian buddies to build the wall

[orangecrush]

9. Thanks!

Nothing new then.

[lunasun]

17. Every time he speaks is the price and demands going to go up? ? I've dealt with people like this

who really don’t know how to negotiate

[Sugar Smack]

2. Did you watch it?

I watched it and I have no idea what he said.

[orangecrush]

12. Turned on a youtube livestream

And made anti Trump comments in the live chat.

I gather he offered a few pennies for good things in exchange for billions for his idiotic wall.

[demmiblue]

4. ...

Link to tweet

[orangecrush]

14. So pennies for humanitarian aid

in exchange for billions for a wall that is never going to happen.

[Squinch]

5. He said it was going to be important, so I knew there wouldn't be anything important in it.

I gave it a pass.

[struggle4progress]

6. He now wants 5.7 billion for his wall; and he thinks future congressional dealmaking

should occur in the White House under his supervision

[orangecrush]

13. ...

[hlthe2b]

7. I know I did... In honor of my mood, I streamed an episode of Al Swearengen's swearing marathon

(HBO's Deadwood).... Very cathartic...

[orangecrush]

15. Sounds great!

[malaise]

8. He did not mention one fucking word about the 800,000 folks who have not been paid

and who are suffering big time.

I hope the Speaker pounces on that.

[orangecrush]

16. Psychopaths

have no empathy.

[customerserviceguy]

18. He did mention ending the shutdown

And since a bill has already been passed and signed that restores back pay, the furloughed employees and the ones deemed essential that have been ordered to work without pay will at least get that, even if it might be insufficient to make them whole.

He's hoping that our side will flatly reject the deal, and the onus of blame goes on us instead of him. He will proceed apace with deportation of TPS beneficiaries, and wait for the SCOTUS to end DACA protections. Then, we get nothing.

[customerserviceguy]

10. It was an attempt

to lob the ball into our court.

If it did get it there, then we have to decide, is what he offered good enough for barrier/fence/wall money that is only slightly more than we spend on food stamps in a month?

Yes, the DACA and TPS protections are only for three years. Are we confident enough that we can retake the White House in 2020?

[orangecrush]

21. pennies in humanitarian aid

in exchange for billions for his imaginary wall.

[customerserviceguy]

25. Then, that is something to negotiate on

Either Democratic leadership tries to work with this proposal, and secures the best deal they can get, or the shutdown continues, and even the pennies don't make it to the border.

And, we then own the shutdown in the minds of many Federal workers.

If you want to talk about "pennies", two months worth of unpaid food stamps is way more that what Drumpf wants for his wall/fence/barrier. If the shutdown lasts for another three months, we'll see poor families doing without as well as the dotard doing without what he wants.

[Grammy23]

11. He still wants the wall. 5.7 Billion.

No sh*t, Sherlock. We didn’t really think he’d budge an inch on that. Oh, and it will be steel ...see through. ?? I was not aware that steel is clear. What a maroon.

[orangecrush]

19. Nothing new.

[anarch]

20. see-thru steel...maybe "Star Trek IV" was on cable or something, and he watched that scene

with the whale tank and the "transparent aluminum" and all that, so now he wants it see-through and metal. Why not? Fuck, we built the F-35 after all.....

[customerserviceguy]

22. Steel is not clear

but slats provide some measure of visibility through the barrier, whatever anyone feels like calling it.

[handmade34]

23. he said...

"be afraid, be very afraid"

[yonder]

24. He sniffed something.

Something sniffley as sniffling sniffers sometimes sniff.

[bitterross]

26. $1.6 billion for things that work, $5.7 billion for a thing that doesn't

That's not a deal any person should take.

[orangecrush]

28. The 5.7 billion

according to what I've read, is just the camels nose in the tent.

The real cost of building with all factors involved far exceeds that.

[bitterross]

31. You are correct. $5.7 is just the beginning.

The real estimates put it at over $20 billion. Then there is the maintenance of it after it's there.

We need so many other things so much worse.

[LiberalFighter]

27. If there is a deal for a wall

the contract should have specific content requirements for bidding. Make it difficult for a Chinese or Russian company to meet the requirements. Require that no foreign company could bid.

[orangecrush]

29. There isn't going to be a wall.

It isn't going to happen.

I believe his strategy is to ask for something he knows is not possible, and use it to create as much chaos and dysfunction as possible.

Putin's dream come true.

[C_U_L8R]

30. No but he sure looked like a fool.