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In reply to the discussion: Mulvaney: Trump offering to take concrete wall 'off the table' [View all]Goodheart
(5,760 posts)17. I really don't see that trump has anything to lose politically by caving
His supporters WILL NOT abandon him over this. What are they gonna do? Embrace the meanie Democrats who forced him to open the government despite his heroic stand that even included --egads-- staying in the White House versus vacationing in Morbid Lago?
This will end when some Republican Senator or some aide convinces him that he will be a hero for reopening the government.
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Mulvaney: Trump offering to take concrete wall 'off the table' [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jan 2019
OP
Those two extreme-right propagandists have done serious damage over the past three decades.
VOX
Jan 2019
#24
If you put it a foot off the ground and rub bacon on it it keeps out the rabbits
underpants
Jan 2019
#32
I vote for the see through stealth wall with a gilded gate to make it pretty.
hedda_foil
Jan 2019
#7
"I wave my magic wand and presto! amazo! no concrete wall is on the table!"
struggle4progress
Jan 2019
#10
John Kelly already admitted last week that they were never seriously considering a concrete wall
wishstar
Jan 2019
#11
In an Astonishing Letter Delta and United Airlines Pilots Just Told President Trump To Stop & Think
eleny
Jan 2019
#36
but mick, there is no crisis at the border. your guy has created this myth.....caravans? really?
spanone
Jan 2019
#16
He's worried that he'll look "foolish" if he gives in to the Dems.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jan 2019
#31
Something smells fishy: First: tarrifs on foreign steel, now: 2000 miles of steel "Wall".
rgbecker
Jan 2019
#18
The IDEA itself is laughably obscene. It's solely down to 45's outsized vanity now.
VOX
Jan 2019
#26
As I stated before - he's negotiating with himself. Sit back Dems but remember...
underpants
Jan 2019
#30