Trump on border wall funding: 'This would be a very good time to do a shutdown'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY TAL AXELROD - 11/17/18 09:44 AM EST

President Trump on Saturday kept the door open to a potential government shutdown if an upcoming deal to fund parts of the government does not include funding for a border wall.

“We’re talking about border wall, we’re talking about quite a big sum of money, about $5 billion,” the president told reporters Saturday before leaving the White House for a trip to California.

“This would be a very good time to do a shutdown. I don’t think it’s going to be necessary, because I think the Democrats will come to their senses, and if they don’t come to their senses, we will continue to win elections,” he added.

Trump has previously flirted with shutting down the government over funding for his proposed border wall, but Republicans convinced him not to do so before the midterms, saying it would hurt them at the polls.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417251-trump-on-border-wall-funding-this-would-be-a-very-good-time-to-do-a

[Loki Liesmith]

1. Go for it, fool.

People would love to be inconvenienced over the holidays. They’d LOVE IT!!!

[LakeSuperiorView]

2. OMG!!! For once I agree with him. Shut down the government until January...

[RainCaster]

12. Hell yeah!

I like the idea of shutting down the legislative branch, but we need the rest of the government to keep running.

[The Liberal Lion]

3. Yes, yes, please do shut down the government over this dumb fucking wall. Oh please!

With Pence trying to act like some tough guy with China claiming the tariffs will be doubled if China does not "bow", I see a government shut as the icing on the cake of terrible.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Please proceed...

[PatSeg]

5. "We will continue to win elections"???

What elections might that be?

[William Seger]

10. Trump won bigly on Planet Trump

[JudyM]

16. "...on Planet Trump"

[Botany]

6. I thought Mexico was going to pay for the wall?

Guess I was wrong.

BTW Trump is really going nuts today.

Not sure if the Crown Prince of S. A. was a part in Khashoggi's murder, more crap
on the wall that will never be built, and he will get Nancy Pelosi the votes that she
needs to be Speaker of the House.

[at140]

8. Has Mexico lost anything due to re-structuring of NAFTA?

I have not seen any numbers if US gained anything, if at all, in foreign trade with Mexico.
Probably nothing knowing how Trump operates.

[safeinOhio]

9. Shut down Mexico

until they pay, as you promised.

[dalton99a]

7. Tremendous idea. Do it.

[kairos12]

11. Please continue sir.

[turbinetree]

13. January 4, 2019 cannot get here fast enough.................please shut down the right wing

republican government, pretty please...................and then asshole you are going to have to deal with

Adam Shiff

Maxine Waters

Jerry Nadler


for starters..........................we are coming traitor we are coming......................

[Perseus]

20. Shhhh...don't tell him what will happen, only encourage him to do it

Mr. President, yes please shut down the government, it will show how big and strong you are, how powerful, intelligent and decisive you are...That will teach those damn Democrats they can't fool around with you, they will have to wait until January to do something about it, but they will know you let them wait...

I know the idiot doesn't understand about consequences, but just in case, the consequences should not be presented to him, he may have an hour to read those three lines and then change his mind...

[Runningdawg]

14. He's been more crazy than usual lately

I'm starting to think it wasn't his idea after all to miss the Veterans day duties. Maybe the handlers need to pull him out of the public eye.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. Yeah, right after he returns from meeting with Putin in France.

Would love to know how that conversation went.

Plus there is Mueller ...and the mid-terms results.

bad day all around.

[Firestorm49]

15. Leadership 101

So let me get this straight. The unpopularly elected so called leader of the free world, who by all account should be representing the Constitution above and beyond anybody else, throws around “shutting down the government” like it’s a play thing.

All the more evidence of his illiterate comprehension of government, callous disregard for, and disdain for representative government. If the fool can’t work out a “DEAL” than he should STFU and leave running the country to those who can. Deal maker, my ass!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

18. Trump says, "I will shut down the government," as casually as he says, "I'm filing for bankruptcy."

Can a president shut down the entire government unilaterally? If so, how is that different from being a dictator?

[irisblue]

17. Is he aware the next election date is Tuesday, 3 November 2020?

[NutmegYankee]

19. If the government shutsdown the Border Agents won't get paid.

That'll make for some awesome optics for orange fuhrer.

[beachbum bob]

21. Go for it trump...go for it

[Hulk]

22. I thought Mexico was going to pay for his fucking wall???

I’m confused.🥴. What is this asshole even talking about? Threatening to close down the US government because he’s a lying piece of shit?

And his 40% morons need to pull their heads out of their asses and wake the hell up. This was one of his empty promises. How fucking stupid and irresponsible!

[FakeNoose]

24. Remember this one from last year? It's still true until January 3rd

George Takei rocks!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. Nero fiddles while Rome burns

[samnsara]

26. would a gvnt shutdown slow down the FEMA money to California?

[Sneederbunk]

27. Very good time do a shut up.

[Maxheader]

28. I think a wall is a great idea...take the funds from the military budget and use my design..

For a carnival wall...I can see little shops all along this wall..accessible by both sides..carnival rides..and
carnival booths mixed in..some restaurants...maybe a few movie theaters...Something both sides can
enjoy..Hotels...maybe a few swimming pools here and there..And of course all the necessary offices to
interview and receive anybody that wants to become either an americun citizen or a mexican citizen.