Does anyone think Trump will be able to shut things down again on Feb. 16?

[madaboutharry]

I don't see that happening. After we have now witnessed the chaos that this shutdown has caused, I think not. Federal workers will be standing in the streets with torches and pitchforks and elected republicans would have no choice but to turn on him.

[SummerSnow]

1. I believe he will

[madaboutharry]

2. I think he is a coward.

I don't think he has the balls. He is actually officially terrified of Nancy Pelosi.

[Bradshaw3]

5. Agreed on both points

[Bradshaw3]

3. Nope! He will have moved on to the next shiny object

Won't remember this one.

[mokawanis]

4. I don't think he will

it's not that he cares at all about the suffering of others but he does care about poll numbers and how the public perceives the Repuke party.

[scheming daemons]

6. Mitch won't let it happen again. Say what you want about McConnell.....

....but the man isn't stupid.

He knows this was killing the GOP.

[MrGrieves]

7. I think he knows this is the end of the line

I think he is going to try to claim the higher ground here. I don't think it is going to work but in his mind he thinks it will allow him to back off his stupid wall promise saying "I tried but the dems wouldn't go along" and that will be it.

[padah513]

8. Nobody's that foolish

Then again...

[lilactime]

9. He won't want to give Nancy another win.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. He's pretty stupid but maybe he's figured out that Nancy Pelosi will kick his ass again,

much harder than Ann Coulter is capable of. He doesn't want any more public humiliation.

[RockRaven]

11. He's been talking about a shutdown (fondly, that is) since during the campaign

And he absolutely does not care who he hurts, or how much people hate him. Because haters are losers and enemies, by definition in his mind, and thereby dismissable.

I think we will have a second shutdown so long as Senate GOPers continue their current posture of going along with whatever Trump wants. Only when they defy him will he change his position to maintain his illusion of being in control and winning. He won't capitulate or negotiate with House Dems on his own.

[Hekate]

12. The ones with torches & pitchforks will be the GOP Senators. They have heard from their constituents

Republican Senators are not happy campers.