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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, will he rip up the agreement this time too?
He doesn't make deals that last more than a nanosecond (unless it's with Putin of course) so how long will it take to destroy the he one they just came up with tonight?
manor321
(3,344 posts)So, art of the deal and all that.
Link to tweet
BigmanPigman
(51,674 posts)and the deal gets trashed ASAP!
RockRaven
(15,096 posts)unanimously in both houses. POTUS gets 10 days (not counting Sundays, so 11-12 calendar days) to sign or veto before the bill becomes law by default. So he could sit on it for 9 of those days just to crap on people as punishment for not giving him what he wanted, without risking the embarrassment of a veto over-ride.
He IS a big enough asshole to do it out of spite. Thankfully, I don't think he has the attention span or the fortitude to stick with such a course of action in the face of what would be relentless negative cable news coverage.
I think it is most likely that he'll sign whatever they put in front of him, claim a win, and then try all sorts of end runs which create legal, financial, and logistical havoc rather than improved border security.
More_Cowbell
(2,192 posts)I think he'll sign it so he can go on vacation to recover from his terribly busy work schedule.
napi21
(45,806 posts)another shutdown. I know he watches all the polls and he knows he suffered quite a loss due to the last shutdown because most people blamed him and not Congress or the Dems. I think he'll go for declaring some emergency and if it gets tied up in court, he can still tell his supporters he's doing everything he can to get the wall, and if he failed it's those damn Democrats and the courts who want him to fail!
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)or tell him he's on his own up there
Lots of people won't stand for much more chaos
He might shoot up to 95% approval with Republicans -- but if he does, it would be because lots of Republicans have left the party for a while
2naSalit
(86,965 posts)I think he's going to be in for a big surprise that he hasn't considered. Remember what finally ended the last shutdown? The airport people? They're ready for it if there's another stupid move by the idiot. It won't last long if he does it again. Nobody will go anywhere and that will piss off all those flying people like last time only worse.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)the first one he can not pronounce.