Eric Trump says the shutdown is 'a good thing for us, politically

[question everything]

Source: CNBC

Eric Trump, President Donald Trump's second eldest son, had a busy night on Saturday. In addition to filling in for his father at a high-dollar fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, the president's private club in Palm Beach, Fla., the 34-year old also went on Fox News Channel's "Judge Jeanine," to defend the president's accomplishments.

Between accolades for his father, the younger Trump stumbled over a basic rule of politics: Never boast about how you will benefit politically from the misfortune of your constituents.

"I think it's a good thing for us," Eric Trump said of the government shutdown that was triggered at midnight on Friday by the failure of congressional negotiators and the Trump White House to reach a deal to fund the government. The public, Eric Trump said, would blame Democrats for the paralysis in Washington, and for the forced furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal employees, who would be sent home without pay.


Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/21/eric-trump-the-shutdown-is-a-good-thing-for-us-politically.html

[sakabatou]

1. Eric, once again, shows that he's an idiot like his dad

[brush]

11. He's proving once again he's the stupidest one in that stupid family.

How the hell is shutting down the gov. with hundreds of thousands of people not getting their pay, with facilities closed all over the country and no idea of when it will be fixed?

How can we just get rid of all of them?

[BlueStater]

19. I don't know. It's hard to top Don Jr. when it comes to being rock stupid. n/t

[RKP5637]

28. The GOP currently owns the administration and congress, WTF, does he forget that? They've had a year

to sort this out. What a damn fools. What a stupid family!

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. I'm pretty sure he's the one that Trump called "retarded" n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Is that Beavis or Butthead?

Hundreds of thousands of people will have no paychecks but that's fine because it's good for you politically.

I hate these people.

[ailsagirl]

5. Butthead

[tblue37]

31. Qusay. nt

[crazycatlady]

42. I am Trumpholio. I need TP for my shithole

(sign from yesterday)

https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/bXscYghm0IEHWANZbmLzVr3MI7HWbknAqYZoHRJwO8o

[Shrike47]

3. God, theyre stupid.

[mpcamb]

38. Apple didn't fall far from the tree.

[ailsagirl]

4. speechless

[Skittles]

6. dumb as his dad

[Grassy Knoll]

7. Uhhh, I'm Eric...

[Docreed2003]

9. ...

[Rollo]

16. The inner face of his dad...

Dumb to the core

[Docreed2003]

8. Eric, I thank you for making Fredo Corleone look like Michael

You sir, are an embarrassment to any thinking organism on this planet. Congrats on becoming one of the biggest dipshits this country has ever seen!

[Zambero]

10. Eric's SNL character cuts him too much slack

It's all about "us".

[samnsara]

30. lol he IS the dumb one for sure....

...someone get Eric a juice box!

[global1]

12. So Is He Saying The Dotard Rejected The Dems Proposal For Strickly Political Purposes....

to put them in a position to take the blame for this 'sh*tdown'.

That this was a calculated decision by the Dotard. That the Dotard didn't take into consideration that by rejecting the Dems proposal and forcing the 'sh*tdown' that in fact it was he that actually forced the furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal employees who would be sent home without pay - and he did it for political purposes.

[Historic NY]

13. The dumb one speaks again.

[not fooled]

14. pukes hate government

we already knew that, eric the dumb.

[kchamberlin25]

15. I'm Eric!

[question everything]

37. This is really the best depiction

Just a dumb character saying "and I am Eric."

[olddad56]

17. I'm sure his father's boss, Vadimir is pleased with the government shutdown.

[Hekate]

18. Isn't Butthead the one who boasted that Russian money just flowed toward Trump businesses?

Just flowed like water, or some such. I'm sure he really believes they do it out of pure friendship, with no ulterior motives.

[Midnight Writer]

20. I think Eric is absolutely right. Trump is a master of theatrics. He is right where he wants to be.

This galvanizes his base and shakes hands with prospective voters. The same voters he flipped last election.

To understand Trump, you need to understand his supporters.

[TubbersUK]

21. Wasn't there supposed to be a firewall between the WH and the Trump Org ?

I seem to remember that one was promised when Donald refused to divest.

The Trump sons seem to be on both sides of it at the same time.

[Scarsdale]

22. The gop has "special rules"

for their own. Eeerie Eric is as handsome as his father. (Yuck) Where DOES that ugly tRump mouth come from?

[MyOwnPeace]

29. To answer your question..........

just go around to the other end of the body.

[smirkymonkey]

40. Gary Busey.

Mom had a moment of weakness.

[marble falls]

23. As the old saying goes: the nut whackoid doesn't fall far from the Orange Shitgibbon tree.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

44. Or: The douche doesn't fall far from the bag.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. Right, because it's all about politics and establishing a one-party dictatorship

There is just no doubt where they're headed

[NewJeffCT]

25. It might help fire up some of their base

so, in that sense, it might help them

[oberliner]

27. Yeah, I think so too

In fact, I think that it explains a lot of his behavior - the idea that a shutdown scores him points with the hardliner anti-immigration folks.

[oberliner]

26. He's probably right

Especially among Republicans who will blame Democrats and independents who will blame everybody.

[Chemisse]

32. "Never boast about how you will benefit politically from the misfortune of your constituents."

He is such an idiot.

[NNadir]

33. He has his father's genes, so it's unsurprising that he is an idiot and a fool. n/t

[Scarsdale]

34. Once Ivanka becomes

the first female president, then Eeerie Eric will be next in line. How wonderful will that be?? We can rename the country Trumplandia, and have Russian rules apply to us. I NEVER thought I would see the day when this country was dumbed down this far. A low life Mafia wannabe in the WH, with his naked soft porn "supermodel" wife, and three adult "kids" who are incapable of shutting their ugly tRump mouths. There is not a single intelligent, ethical, respectable member in that entire family of dumb asses.

[Irish_Dem]

35. It is all a power game to them. Hurting the country and Americans is not important. nt

[Mr. Ected]

36. We can vote them into oblivion

And prosecute them into incarceration.

Putin willing, of course.

[truthisfreedom]

41. Just keep repeating that to yourself

And daddy dearest

[Akoto]

43. No, it really isn't good for you, Eric.

As stated on MSNBC today, the one thing Trump can possibly use as a selling point in the upcoming elections is economic improvement. Every day the shutdown continues, the status of the economy is worsened, thus doing harm to the one thing which might make it look like dad accomplished anything in his first year.

[RobinA]

45. No One

will ever accuse this gang of being able to think on their feet. They need classes in how not to say dumb things. Of course, in order for that to work they'd need classes in how other people think so they'd understand why you don't go around announcing to the world that you are benefiting from the misfortunes of others.

[salin]

46. Trumpian response. Think Trump's football league

when the effort is inevitably failing, reframe it as an overall good. Eric is just following what he has learned from Daddy Dearest. He's just even worse at it than DontheJohn.