This disaster is the handiwork of Donald Trump

[DonViejo]

By Greg Sargent January 19 at 10:50 AM

As we barrel towards a government shutdown, it’s becoming clearer and clearer that one of the crucial reasons for the impasse is that we just don’t know what President Trump would need in the way of realistic concessions from Democrats that might induce him to agree to a deal protecting the “dreamers.”

In fact, it’s not even clear that the White House or even Trump himself know the answer to this question. And so, if we have a government shutdown, Trump’s profound cluelessness about the issues, and the degree to which this renders him susceptible to manipulation by the cynical immigration hard-liners around him, may be key reasons why.

I’m told that in a series of meetings between Democratic and GOP leaders and Trump administration officials, Democrats repeatedly pressed their counterparts to make a counter-offer, after Trump rejected the bipartisan deal reached recently that would legalize the dreamers in exchange for some concessions. They have gotten nothing serious in response, I’m told.

Frank Sharry, the executive director of America’s Voice, told me that senior Democratic aides have been privately briefing him and other immigration advocates on these meetings. They have included Democrats Sen. Richard J. Durbin (Ill.) and Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (Md.), and Republicans Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), the respective Number Twos in their caucuses, and senior White House and Department of Homeland Security officials.

Sharry said that Democratic aides detailed for advocates a situation in which the Democrats asked the Republicans and the administration officials to put forward a counter-proposal that would help flesh out what Trump might need to accept a deal. Durbin and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) recently negotiated a bipartisan compromise that would protect the dreamers in exchange for more border security money, tweaks to family-based migration and cuts to visas given out to people from historically lower-immigration countries.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Trump excels at one thing... bankruptcies.

He sure knows how to fuck things up, doesn't he

[unitedwethrive]

2. The GOP defunded CHIP and cancelled DACA, just so they could use them for bargaining purposes.

Without those actions, we would not be at this point. It is entirely the fault of the repub party.

[Phoenix61]

3. Remember way back when this nightmare

had just begun and there was talk about Twitler's management style. He liked to have his staff at odds with each other and would encourage that behavior. He believed that was a great way to get the best out of everyone. It's a completely flawed premise as it leads to everyone focusing on undercutting their co-workers instead of focusing on the tasks they need to accomplish.