Mitch totally worked Trump over.

[underpants]

Not to give him a lot of credit, Trump gets played all the time. Unlike this election he usually can just claim victory until everyone moves on to his next screw up.

We’ll see if Mitch really is going full “scorched earth” and not passing any sort of stimulus package BUT a big payoff right before the election might have helped Trump a lot. For some reason (by all accounts) Trump listened to Mitch about holding off until after the election. Who the hell doesn’t literally throw money - not their own money either - at voters right before an election?!????

I believe Mitch’s selling point was about “conservative ideals” and how it could hurt in some Senate races. Like even Trumps base gives a rip about economic philosophy as opposed to CA-CHING!!!
Watching it reminded me of Speaker Pelosi allowing Trump to think they had some sort of deal worked out if he released the sort of transcript on the Ukraine phone call.
Talk about

[arlyellowdog]

1. He praised Trump

It was obnoxious. Then he said, basically, the earth is round. We expect so little.

[David__77]

2. I agree with your analysis.

I think that McConnell was not prioritizing Trump's electoral chances. His statement congratulating Biden is also very important and harmful to Trump's prospects in the short-term.