Trump "boxed in," won't back down on family separation

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Speaking to House Republicans at the Capitol last evening, President Trump admitted the political pressure over family separations at the border is growing. But a top aide said Trump "doesn't want to look weak" by backing down.

What we're hearing: Trump told members that his daughter Ivanka Trump had talked to him about the images of children, and told him what a problem they are, Axios' Caitlin Owens reports. But Trump left any solution up to Congress.

What Trump is thinking ... A senior administration official, after Axios asked whether Trump thinks the family separation issue is a political winner because it makes him look “hardcore” on the border:

“Not at all. He's doing it to press the case with Congress. He's moved personally, but also doesn't want to look weak. He feels boxed in, is frustrated and knows it's bad politics — but also understands it's not a fight he can back down from."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-child-border-family-separation-boxed-in-1dc47dc3-a7ae-4847-a0ec-ef52ea4806f9.html

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

1. I'm going to screw with little children because it makes me look good.

Think about what kind of sick diseased mind comes up with that logic.

[lagomorph777]

21. Makes him look "strong" to torture babies. Sure, real men do that.

Goddamned monster. He and his entire filthy family will pay for this for the rest of their short, miserable lives.

[madaboutharry]

2. Ivanka is no better than her father.

"Trump told members that his daughter Ivanka Trump had talked to him about the images of children, and told him what a problem they are.."

Apparently her comments to her father were about what a problem the "images are." Not about the immorality and horror of the policy.

[targetpractice]

7. I'm sure she knows how to talk to him...

I'm not defending her generally... But, growing up with a narcissist myself... You learn that they only think about things as far as how they relate to them. She's probably dealt with his personality disorder all her life, and I'm sure that she's acquired those traits herself.

[RobinA]

13. Really

You have to approach people where they are, not where you think they should be.

Not:

Ivanka - Ya know Dad, this separating children from their parents is downright immoral and not what America should be about.

Trump - I don't care, I'm the Man. Nobody can tell me what to do, I'm King of the World. Plus, Obama...

Better:

Ivanka - Dad, you are right about having to enforce the law and all, but it really looks bad to people who believe the fake news and think you are taking babies away from their mothers. Plus, the failing NYT is printing pictures. Women cry when they hear about mothers losing their babies, like that girl on the news last night. Maybe if you fire someone big the fake news will focus on that and then you can back off a little with the kids and everyone will forget the whole thing.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Zero tolerance.

From the contractors to the president, no one hurts babies and gets away with it.

[duforsure]

4. Abusing children make him look weak

And hurting these children permanently intentionally makes him look criminal. Isn't this high crimes enough ? This has to stop now, or he'll take it to a higher level of abusing children and people with. he needs to be asked to resign after doing this to children . This country will never be looked upon again as a beacon unless he's removed for this now. The world is watching who we are as a nation, good, or evil.

[bdamomma]

10. oh yes, the world

is watching and there are many ex pats out there who I can imagine are wondering we are not on a very good path now. This is not us, I want to see justice done to Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon.

[beachbum bob]

5. this is the first major crisis for the GOP to handle that if they do nothing, ther will be slaughter

for them in Nov 2018

[Stuart G]

8. Yes, I agree...and you used a great word..."slaughter" That is what will happen if this is not

"handled correctly" (your words) very soon.

[lagomorph777]

22. November will be a slaughter for the GOP, or a slaughter for the whole world.

Which will it be? It's up to us.

[beachbum bob]

27. when we start to take back control and direction

any thing else, we are all fucked. As the fall of the American dream will be complete


putin is so happy its working out so well

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Silent Republicons not working to stop it are complicit & evil. Their family value harms children

[DetlefK]

6. Trump wants to be a tough guy. Like Kim Jong Un and Duterte and Putin.

[bdamomma]

9. He's a fucking bully

and he will pay dearly for what he has done to these children and parents.

Why is talking about being weak we all know he is a coward and a despicable shell of whatever.

[Stuart G]

12. Those 4 words define him perfectly.."He's a fucking bully" ...you got it.

[TNLib]

11. It's only going to get worse

It's expected that we will have 20,000 children in detention camps by the end of August.

Asylum seekers that have already been released can't find their children. No one seems to know what's going on with the girls and toddlers, parents are given phone numbers to find out about their kids and those phone numbers don't work. DHS won't let the press in to see what's going on but from reports of what we know it sounds like Chaos.

As these dentition camps fill up with babies the problem is only going to get worse he's creating a human catastrophe at the border.

[bdamomma]

15. if there are deaths of these children

that will be it add those deaths to the deaths of those in Puerto Rico, then he will be like Assad in Syria.

[duforsure]

14. Intentionally permanently damaging and hurting these children

Can never be accepted , or WE have become a shxthole country also. Child abuse is a crime against humanity, and this has to stop from trump being forced by Congress to reverse this , or they'll take measures against his remaining in office, and if they don't god help us for what they're doing to this country.

[truthisfreedom]

16. Keep him boxed in until after the midterms.

Then he can live in that little box forever.

[lagomorph777]

23. Put him in a cage in the desert.

Give him a phone number and a busted phone.

Then walk away.

[Progressive dog]

17. This is the way Trump negotiates

He creates a crisis and gets concessions from the other side to fix the crisis he created. He is not bluffing, he is a terrorist who will stop at nothing to win. This time he is holding children hostage to extract a border wall.
The "opposition" from other Republicans to ripping children from their parents is not real. They will return to blaming Democrats for their leaders policies after they've extorted enough concessions.
These are terrorists who have taken control of our country. They are now working to make that control permanent.
We know that the only possible response to terrorism is to refuse any concessions. We know that Trump and his allies are terrorists. No concessions can be the only response.

[Javaman]

18. the irony is: he already is a weak "leader". nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Irrational stubbornness is weakness, not strength. He's appealing to his hard core, 15% of electorat

[hatrack]

20. Fine. Here's your shovel, asshole.

Start digging.

[Stuart G]

24. If he won't back down..then..TRUMP IS THE BIGGEST, STUPIDEST FOOL IN THE WORLD..

[C_U_L8R]

26. He has no good options

except resignation. I'd applaud that.

[lagomorph777]

29. That would increase his odds of living long enough to die of natural causes.

But like most dictators, he thinks he's the exception; he's the smart one who won't end up hanging upside-down in the public square, urinated on by every passerby.

[nature-lover]

28. Imitating Kim

He is delusional and truly believes that people love him and that he is strong and popular. His campaign rally this week will reinforce this belief.

[marble falls]

30. All he has to do is let Congress end this shit, he can stand back shug his shoulders and ....

tell his ever shrinking group of suppoters to elect another Congress. Bingo, he walks out from underneath it.

[Hugin]

31. Oh, so it's the 'images of separated children' and not the policy that's the problem, eh, Ivanka?

A chip off the old Tangerine Idi Amin that one is...

[ginnyinWI]

32. So he can't "back down" from a fight.

Thinks it makes him look weak.

No matter how bad the decision was, he's going to ride it to the end. Or at least until he can shift all the blame onto someone else. I don't think blaming Democrats has gotten much traction.

So now he tosses it to Congress. They alone can fix it!

Coward! Craven Coward! You think only of yourself, first and formost. Your political well being. Let everyone else just rot.

This is no leader. And this is extremely weak, not strong at all. We all know it. When you have dug yourself into a hole, stop digging!

He is doing himself lasting political damage, if that's any consolation. This makes Bush's Katrina look so tame.

[Julian Englis]

33. I wish tRump really was boxed in or cage in, just as the children are n/t

[Cha]

34. Ironic if the Children ended up

bringing down trump

[Orsino]

35. He has always lived in a box.

It's just become less comfortable these days.

He thinks backing down would make him look weak, not realizng that that's exactly what the damned box is made of.