He doesn't want the Wall...What he wants is to talk about the Wall, and fight about it.

[jodymarie aimee]

Ezra Klein
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Trump’s posturing on the wall is among his biggest cons. He doesn’t want the wall. If he did, he’d make a deal to get it. What he wants is to talk about the wall, and fight about it.

It’s reality TV, not governing.

[PatSeg]

1. True

He doesn't really want much of anything he fights about, he just wants the fight. He doesn't care enough to have any firm policy preferences.

[Garrett78]

2. I think that's accurate.

I don't think Trump gives a shit about abortion or gun control either.

[Glamrock]

3. Bingo!

You nailed it Jody.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Trump is appealing to his dwindling base.

The Macho posturing is all but for show that stokes even more FEAR and divides Americans .

It will not be long when the orange turd is completely exposed as more dirt comes to the surface now that Michael Cohen is going to prison.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Is his base really dwindling? Hope so

[procon]

5. The wall is worth it's weight in gold as a lucrative GOP fundraising scam.nt

[TreasonousBastard]

6. That's the way he's run his entire life-- all sizzle, no steak...

He is obsessed with publicity, and bad publicity has the advantage of letting him fight it, thereby creating more press.

[gademocrat7]

7. Spot on.

It is a distraction from his treasonous behavior.

[DeminPennswoods]

8. That was an astute observation

by Klein.

[lindysalsagal]

9. The Wall is the 2018 Roe/overturn wedge issue. They never wanted either.

Once played, the card is worthless.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. I think it's another phallic symbol like his TTs. Like Schumer pointed out

He hasn't even spent money from last year. Money for border security which could not be spent on wall.

What this means to me is that he REALLY doesn't care about border security at all. He wants to build something to honor his crooked name. That's why he doesn't want to compromise, he's afraid more money will be only for that stupid security part.

[Buckeyeblue]

12. A good wedge issue. Much like abortion

[KPN]

13. Caravans!

[watoos]

14. Kick,

"Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity." General George Patton.

[Martin Eden]

15. "It's reality TV, not governing"

Totally agree with that statement, but disagree with your subject title.

Donald Trump very much desires the wall because it would be a lasting monument to Donald Trump. His ego knows no bounds.

[imanamerican63]

16. He is to stupid to talk in a reasoning way!

He is a bully and has always gotten his way!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. annotated transcript

It's wall, wall, wall, wall, wall before the fireworks begin.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/11/trumps-extraordinary-oval-office-squabble-with-chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-annotated/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.be90acb87019

[certainot]

18. i disagree -bigger and bigger walls have been sold on 1500 radio stations for 20 years in service to

the GOP think tanks using the issue to help sell voter suppression.

the wall is an actual thing to this fucking idiot. like when he tried to get the russians to get hilary's emails and they had to tell donnie jr there was nothing there, they actually believed some of that talk radio bullshit.

shumer and pelosi should be saying to trump "donald, that's what limbaugh says, but...."

From Operation Trump, by Gabriel Sherman April 3, 2016:

Throughout 2014, the three, Roger Stone, Michael Cohen, and Sam Nunberg fed Trump strategy memos and political intelligence. “I listened to thousands of hours of talk radio, and he was getting reports from me,” Nunberg recalled. What those reports said was that the GOP base was frothing over a handful of issues including immigration, Obamacare, and Common Core.

biggest political mistake in history is the ignorance of talk radio the last 30 years by most americans, including 99% of media and political analysts, who continue to study fish without water. kremlin's probably been using it for 10 years, while our media and poli scientists are trying to analyze the trump phenomenon as if talk radio didn't exist

[gordianot]

19. The whole idea of keeping out terrorism and crime is abhorrent to the Republican Party.

Promoting threats and fear of threats is the basis of all Republican rhetoric.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Just Watched The Colbert Bit

His comment was also spot on. PINO needs a wall to keep a promise for the last election, and he needs it no to be built so he can rant about it in 2004.

Therefore, he needs a wall that does, and doesn't exist.