Ryan Said Trump Wanted to Avoid Partisan Fight in Wake of Hurricanes

[DonViejo]

Source: New York Times




By ALAN RAPPEPORTSEPT. 7, 2017

WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Thursday said that he understood President Trump’s motivation for reaching a deal with Democrats over Hurricane Harvey aid, the budget and the debt ceiling but acknowledged that he continues to think it could be risky for the economy.

“What the president didn’t want to do is have some partisan fight in the middle of the response to this,” Mr. Ryan said, referring to the hurricane, during a live interview with The New York Times. “He wanted to make sure we had a bipartisan moment.”

The remarks were Mr. Ryan’s first public comments on the matter since Mr. Trump blindsided Republican leaders on Wednesday. Before Mr. Trump made the deal, Mr. Ryan called such a strategy “ridiculous.” It was not the only difference of opinion between Mr. Ryan and Mr. Trump.

Mr. Ryan also suggested that Mr. Trump’s proposed corporate tax rate of 15 percent was unrealistic. He said that getting the corporate tax rate to the mid to low 20 percent range was more likely and would make American businesses more competitive with those around the world.


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/us/politics/paul-ryan-daca-taxes.html

[bullimiami]

1. Wrong! All wrong. Money is power. Cutting off money is less power for Trump.

Simple as that.

[Zorro]

6. Maybe appealing to Trump's grift could get him on board with actually raising taxes!

Ya know, an argument like "Mr. President, by raising taxes and increasing government revenue, you'll have a bigger pot of money to steal from" would work!

[Iliyah]

2. Liar

:thumbsdown

ACA repeal is trying to come forth again.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. Thanks to global warming, there will be a lot more hurricanes, especially large ones

That should pretty much wipe out the Trump/GOP agenda, if he's using them as an excuse for making bad deals to avoid partisanship in Congress. Hopefully he'll be gone by the end of the year, and we won't have to see if he makes the same mistake twice.

I think Donnie Two-Scoops is going along with the Dems was (1) because he's a cowardly negotiator, (2) he's pissed at Turtle for not passing anti-Obamacare, (3) by sabotaging Congress he can continue playing the "outsider" (i.e., victim) card, (4) he can't think strategically, only, "What's best for me NOW?" and (4) he doesn't give a shit about what happens to the Repugs during the midterms (see #3).

Also, despite his name being on the cover, he did not write "The Art of the Deal." The true author has given some pretty damning descriptions of tRump, including saying he only did it because he was a young author and needed the money.

[Lulu KC]

4. Yeah, right

Because you know, he's so smart and reasonable and wouldn't want to cause a fuss.

Please.

Don't insult our intelligence, Ryan.

[MurrayDelph]

10. I made an observation decades ago

When life kicks you in the balls.

You may as well take a bow.

[Javaman]

5. oh bullshit! nt

[ffr]

7. Doubt that. I think tRump/Russia is worrying him and he's looking for any friend he can get.

Sorry 45, this doesn't make us friends.

[FakeNoose]

9. He wants to make sure he can get FEMA funds for Florida

He's got a big stake in that one. So our POTUS is looking ahead, and that's a good thing right?

Personally, I'm looking ahead to the inevitable 2018 impeachment hearings.

[Solly Mack]

8. That human is just plain out trifling.

And that's trifling in the slang sense I grew up with.

Sorry, trashy, a mess, probably has bugs crawling on them, shady, low, beneath everyone, can't trust, to engage with is to bring yourself down.