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Rick Wilson Retweeted Philip Rucker

That's because, like Howard Hughes, he's sitting in the dark watching TV. He's stopped bathing, and let his hair and fingernails grow long. On the rare moments the staff sees him, he's running around the White House residence wearing nothing but an untied bathrobe.

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1076926386651181057

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Trump has been very active on Twitter, but he has not been seen in public since Friday, before the government shut down. The White House just called a travel photo lid, meaning the president likely won’t be seen until Monday at the earliest.

11:42 AM - 23 Dec 2018

https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1076910936257110017

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"The saving grace is that this president has not been tested by a major national-security crisis. But it will come, and when it does, we are fucked,” said a senior U.S. national-security official.

https://twitter.com/YAppelbaum/status/1075913753458290688

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Seth Hanlon Retweeted Kaitlan Collins

Thoughts & prayers to those who paid Trump the $200k membership fee to lobby him over Xmas dinner.

https://twitter.com/SethHanlon/status/1076618518718750720

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Christmas in Mar-a-Lago is canceled, per @PressSec. “Due to the shutdown, President Trump will remain in Washington, D.C. and the First Lady will return from Florida so they can spend Christmas together.”

3:36 PM - 22 Dec 2018

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1076607549099700225

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Devin Nunes' Mom Retweeted Donald J. Trump

The thought of @realDonaldTrump spending his holiday screaming at the tv is really all I wanted for Christmas.

https://twitter.com/DevinNunesMom/status/1076660304962973697

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NEW: White House floating $2.1 Billion for border wall, significantly lower than Trump’s $5B demands

https://twitter.com/scottwongDC/status/1076613706568617986

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The White House announced on Saturday that President Trump will not take his scheduled Christmas vacation in South Florida, citing the government shutdown.

“Due to the shutdown, President Trump will remain in Washington, D.C. and the first lady will return from Florida so they can spend Christmas together,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422617-trump-cancels-mar-a-lago-christmas-trip-over-shutdown

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Paul Ryan’s last two acts:

1. Giving a speech lamenting that he didn’t get spending under control and that comprehensive immigration reform wasn’t achieved.

2. Giving in to a vote for an unpaid for $5b border wall that doesn’t advance immigration reform.

1:16 PM - 22 Dec 2018

https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1076572089035952140

Lindsey Graham Praises Trump Over Shutdown: ‘Glad He Picked This Fight’
“If we do not stand up now to make sure we get more money for the wall, we’ll never get any more next year,” the senator argued.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-shutdown_us_5c1dedcfe4b05c88b6f8efb3

In a Fox News appearance Friday night less than an hour before the shutdown officially began, Graham praised the commander in chief’s commitment to push for $5 billion for the barrier. Anyone who disagreed, he claimed, was missing the point.

“When you make a promise to the American people, you should keep it,” Graham said. “The one thing I like about President Trump ― he’s trying his best to keep his promise. He promised to build a wall, and he’s going to fight hard to keep that promise. After the caravan, if you don’t see the need for more border security, you’re blind.”

The GOP senator bashed Democrats for refusing to give in to Trump’s demands, accusing them of acting “like children” and encouraging the president to get tough.

“I think Democrats hate Trump so much they want him to lose even though it would be good for the country to work with him on border security, and if he doesn’t break them now, it’s going to be a terrible 2019,” Graham said. “So, Mr. President, dig in.”