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How humiliating.
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Pence often left with nothing to do in White House meetings but fetch Diet Coke for Trump
Travis Gettys
08 Jan 2019 at 11:23 ET
Vice President Mike Pence has been tasked with negotiating an end to the government shutdown, but both he and President Donald Trump seem to understand a bipartisan agreement to fund a border wall appears unlikely.
Pence took part in a round of TV interviews ahead of Trumps planned Tuesday night address from the Oval Office, but he also convened meetings over the weekend with congressional staffers that neither he or the president seemed optimistic about, reported The Atlantic.
Hes investing in GOP solidarity, one senior Republican aide told the magazine, not deal making with Democrats.
Trump undercuts any efforts Pence might make trying to hammer out an agreement, according to one veteran GOP House aide, because the president might spontaneously alter the terms later.
It ends up being accurate maybe 50 percent of the time, that GOP aide said.
Pence infamously sat by silently almost meditatively as Trump preemptively claimed ownership of a government shutdown during a White House meeting with incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
I dont know that he has any authority whatsoever, said one House Democratic leadership aide. Its perplexing.
Instead, Pences role in the administration seems to be more servile.
One congressional Republican staffer shared a recollection with The Atlantic about a policy meeting with Trump and a mostly silent Pence who finally spoke up to grab the attention of another staffer.
The president, Pence said, would like a Diet Coke.
liberal N proud
(60,352 posts)aeromanKC
(3,331 posts)They know.
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)The pinnacle of the useless snake's career
shanny
(6,709 posts)cloudbase
(5,531 posts)He's not completely useless.
FakeNoose
(32,908 posts)This is Trump's standard MO since he started this. Nobody talks except Trump. Anybody who talks is grabbing camera-time away from Trump, so don't do it. If you do talk, you're probably disagreeing with him, and that's being disloyal. So Mike Pence STFU.