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mia

(8,363 posts) Sat Jan 20, 2018, 06:53 AM Jan 2018

Trump's dealmaker image tarnished by U.S. government shutdown

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-shutdown-trump/trumps-dealmaker-image-tarnished-by-u-s-government-shutdown-idUSKBN1F907B

...His failure to win passage by the U.S. Congress of a stopgap bill to maintain funding for the federal government further damaged his self-crafted image as a dealmaker who would repair the broken culture in Washington.

Members of each party blamed the other for the shutdown, but some of the blame landed on the president.

“Donald Trump is not capable of carrying out this kind of an intricate conversation about issues,” John Yarmuth, the senior Democrat on the House Budget Committee, told reporters.

“He doesn’t have the attention span to do it. He doesn’t have the interest to do it. All he wants to do is show he’s engaged in the process.”

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Trump's dealmaker image tarnished by U.S. government shutdown (Original Post) mia Jan 2018 OP

He's no Monty Hall. dchill Jan 2018 #1

He's a Three Card Monty. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #14

A conman and a fraud is not a deal maker. democratisphere Jan 2018 #2

Not only was Trump befuddled by the issues about funding the government, no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 #3

Trump can't lead & RepubliCONs can't govern. It's all a fraudulent mess of corruption. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #5

Negotiating:Trump skill not deal-making w powerful counterparts. It's duping gullible victims - Frum Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #4

The Democrats need to put the points in that article on a Twitter loop CakeGrrl Jan 2018 #6

Hasn't everyone in this world figured out by now that Trump workinclasszero Jan 2018 #7

K&R orangecrush Jan 2018 #8

Schumer gave Trump what he said he wanted........ UCmeNdc Jan 2018 #9

Mitch McConnell said it all when he said they need to know what Trump wants. Vinca Jan 2018 #10

donnie's dealmaker image tarnished by his inability to identify a single deal that worked well unblock Jan 2018 #11

A used car salesman could have done better. djacq Jan 2018 #12

It's not just an issue of attention span or interest DFW Jan 2018 #13

The Art of the Dolt Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #15

dchill

(38,626 posts)

1. He's no Monty Hall.

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 07:31 AM

Jan 2018

Not even Howie Mandel.

TheBlackAdder

(28,261 posts)

14. He's a Three Card Monty.

Reply to dchill (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 10:20 AM

Jan 2018

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

2. A conman and a fraud is not a deal maker.

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 07:32 AM

Jan 2018

Very fitting that the worst President in the history of our country has shutdown our country on his one year presidential anniversary! What a flop and what a failure!

no_hypocrisy

(46,312 posts)

3. Not only was Trump befuddled by the issues about funding the government,

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 07:46 AM

Jan 2018

he gave no indication TO HIS OWN PARTY which position(s) it should take during negotiations. Why: Because Trump wanted to be covered to blame Ryan and McConnell for his own failings if the Democrats were blameless.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,075 posts)

5. Trump can't lead & RepubliCONs can't govern. It's all a fraudulent mess of corruption. . . nt

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 07:59 AM

Jan 2018

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,075 posts)

4. Negotiating:Trump skill not deal-making w powerful counterparts. It's duping gullible victims - Frum

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 07:58 AM

Jan 2018

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)

6. The Democrats need to put the points in that article on a Twitter loop

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 08:02 AM

Jan 2018

and co-opt Trump's "plain-speak" style when they do it.

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

7. Hasn't everyone in this world figured out by now that Trump

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 08:25 AM

Jan 2018

is a buffoon, a con, a simpleton, a traitor with the morals of an alley cat and gets his 'knowledge' from Fox and friends everyday?

orangecrush

(19,666 posts)

8. K&R

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 08:47 AM

Jan 2018

UCmeNdc

(9,602 posts)

9. Schumer gave Trump what he said he wanted........

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 08:50 AM

Jan 2018

Schumer gave Trump what Trump wanted, the border wall, and Trump still said no. Trump wanted the government shut down. It is that plain and simple.

Vinca

(50,334 posts)

10. Mitch McConnell said it all when he said they need to know what Trump wants.

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 09:07 AM

Jan 2018

Unfortunately, Dear Leader doesn't know what Dear Leader wants other than to be loved by everyone on the planet.

unblock

(52,503 posts)

11. donnie's dealmaker image tarnished by his inability to identify a single deal that worked well

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 09:55 AM

Jan 2018

for everyone involved.

near as i can tell, *all* his deals involve screwing over someone, almost always including breaking a promise, and likely breaking a promise he never knew he wouldn't or couldn't keep.

djacq

(1,634 posts)

12. A used car salesman could have done better.

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 10:02 AM

Jan 2018

DFW

(54,515 posts)

13. It's not just an issue of attention span or interest

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 10:13 AM

Jan 2018

Trump has practically no knowledge of the subject at hand. This is not a question of cheating a music store out of the cost of a few pianos. This is a subject so vast in scope compared to what Trump knows, he has no choice but to leave it to Congress, and the Republicans are just running in circles with no leadership--something Trump cannot provide due to insufficient grasp of the subject matter.

Trump is like a kid who plays checkers, being presented for the first time with a chessboard without anyone ever having explained how the pieces move, the rues of the game, or even the objective of the game. He wants to win and get the acclaim of a grandmaster, but he doesn't even know that a knight can't make the same moves as a castle.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)

15. The Art of the Dolt

Reply to mia (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 11:13 AM

Jan 2018

The very idea that he was ever viewed by anyone as a master deal maker makes me laugh out loud. Like Grandpa used to say, Trump couldn't organize a fuck in a whorehouse.

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