Two Reasons Why Democrats Should Smile About Trump's Weakness

[DonViejo]

Jefferson Morley
September 11, 2017 5:25 am

President Trump’s fragile ego was so tickled by his hurricane relief and debt ceiling agreement with Democratic leaders that he acted on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s sly suggestion that he tweet about the Dreamers’ program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Link to tweet

Of course, no Dreamer or anyone else has any reason to believe Trump will keep his word about anything. But his tweet is a useful marker for congressional Democrats and Republicans now seeking legislation to save DACA. The message is, Trump is open to a deal that protects the Dreamers.

While Pelosi and Schumer beamed like Cheshire cats, House Speaker Paul Ryan managed to extract the knife that Trump inserted into his back Wednesday with a measure of grace. Trump’s decision to side with the Democrats on a three-month debt ceiling increase, he said, was an attempt to have a “bipartisan moment for the country.”

In contrast, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said little, grimacing as the presidential shiv remains stuck between his vertebrae.

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1. i'm very wary about this. i was barely getting comfortable with the intractable dysfunction

i'm wary of any form of functional with republicans in charge, even if it's in agreement with democrats on this.

first and foremost, i'm worried that this might be the sort of thing that actually gets republicans to unite, one way or another. donnie's hope is that ryan and mcturtle crawl back to him and promise to always do his bidding. that might not happen, or congress might unite without donnie, which would be almost as bad. either way, we don't need them focusing on their right-wing agenda and actually pushing bad laws through congress.


in any case, i don't take this as a "bipartisan" victory. i think we were the momentary, fortunate bystanders. it's certainly not going to turn out to be a trend of any sort.