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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums" For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat" - Naw, not so much.
"Stinging" applies to how Trump is feeling. I think he's so narcissistic, so solipsistic, that he really believes it when he says "We didn't give up anything."
For a president who believes in zero-sum politics and considers compromise a sign of weakness, it was a bruising setback, a retreat that underscored the limits of his ability to bull his way through the opposition in this new era of divided government. As it turned out, the art of the deal at this stage of Mr. Trumps presidency requires a different approach and the question is whether he can adjust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/trump-shutdown.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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" For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat" - Naw, not so much. (Original Post)
LAS14
Jan 2019
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Adrahil
(13,340 posts)1. Oh he'll talk a big line....
But he knows. And its eating away at him. Well hear the stories in a few days about tannins and anger, or depression.
He knows.
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)2. "Nah, not so much" indeed
Have you seen his BS tweets today? You'd think that 1500 miles of the wall already have been built in the last few weeks.
Truly, the guy is delusional. He MUST go now!
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)3. He changes all genuine facts to support the...
No accountabilty, no reality, pathologically untrue alternate universe-of-one that he insanely lives in.
shanny
(6,709 posts)4. oh I think it stung big time
did you see the pics of him approaching/at the podium?