UPDATED Trump warns of government shutdown over border security

[DonViejo]

Last edited Sun Jul 29, 2018, 10:10 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: The Hill


BY KYLE BALLUCK - 07/29/18 09:19 AM EDT

President Trump warned on Sunday that he would be willing to "shut down" the government over border security.

Link to tweet

The president in an earlier tweet on Sunday morning said "many" border crossers are using children for "sinister purposes." He also blasted existing U.S. immigration laws and urged followers to vote for Republicans.


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/399382-trump-warns-of-government-shutdown-over-border-security

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UPDATE:

Trump threatens again to shut down government over border wall, escalating stakes ahead of a Sept. 30 government funding deadline

By Washington Post Staff
July 29 at 10:02 AM

President Trump threatened to shut down the federal government if Congress does not pass sweeping changes to immigration laws, including appropriating more public money to build his long-promised border wall.

"I would be willing to 'shut down' government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall!" Trump tweeted. "Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!"

Trump's threat raises the stakes ahead of a Sept. 30 government funding deadline, a political showdown before the November midterms that Republican congressional leaders had hoped to avoid. The president had previously threatened to shut the government down if Democrats did not agree to fund wall construction but ultimately signed past spending bills.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/29/trump-threatens-again-to-shut-down-government-over-border-wall-escalating-stakes-ahead-of-a-sept-30-government-funding-deadline/

[handmade34]

1. We need great people coming into our Country!

I can think of one NOT great person (could include the rest of the family, as well) who could leave and make room for others... if we want meritorious people here, #notmypresident should leave

[CatMor]

2. I'm so sick of his threats ...

what has this country come to where the so called president spends his time tweeting and threatening. If that's all a president has to do perhaps we don't need one. I also hate hearing about the ridiculous wall. Enough already.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Shut it down. Please, just before elections.

[machoneman]

21. Yes! PLEASE shut it all down! We can't wait for even more voters....

to throw the bums out!

[Biden My Time]

45. Go Ahead, Donny

Make our FUCKING day!

[Turbineguy]

4. But....

If you should down the government don't all the border protection people stay home?

Asking for a republican friend.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Nope

The GOP cherry-picks who are considered "essential personnel" and as a minimum, it's almost always the LEO in DHS (the civilians? not so much).

And then the lazy media runs over to the nearest National Park completely exasperated with a camera and microphone, and points out the barriers being erected with "Closed" signs being tied to them in front of a park entrance, as if they are the only ones who work for the federal government that are being impacted.

[2naSalit]

19. The idea being

the image of "...Closed the amusement place and f'ked up your vacation!" so that we can be pissed about that instead. I guess you could call it the "squirrel!" effect.

Right and Wrong Joe Jackson

Stop everything
I think I hear the President
The Pied Piper of the TV screen
Is gonna make it simple
And he's got it all mapped out
And illustrated with cartoons
Too hard for clever folks to understand
They're more used to words like:
Ideology
They're not talkin' 'bout right and left
They're talkin' 'bout
Right and wrong, do you know the difference
Right and wrong, do you know the difference
'Tween the right and the left and the east and the west
What you know and the things that you'll never see
So what ya think
You like the Yankees or the Mets this year
And what about this latest war of words
And what about the Commies
I saw the news last night
All illustrated with cartoons
So when they come with that opinion poll
They better not use words like
Ideology

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Exactly right!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Last time the GOP shut down the government my RWNJ SIL had a hissy fit

because the national park she wanted to visit was closed and IT WAS ALL OBAMA'S FAULT!

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Yup. That is the narrative...

...and forget about Carnival Cruz's "Green Eggs and Ham" serenade on the Senate floor in an attempt to block ACA funding included in the FY14 appropriations, thus helping to lead to the 2013 shutdown (and furlough - because I know *I* was furloughed for those 2 weeks).

[HAB911]

5. Shutting down the government would really increase security

(Trumpian logic)

[Mc Mike]

6. + 1000, nt

[BumRushDaShow]

7. 7/26/18 - "Ryan: Trump willing to be patient on wall funding"

Ryan: Trump willing to be patient on wall funding
Source: The Hill

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday indicated President Trump is easing up on his demand for border wall funding in the next major government spending bill, a move that would lower the odds of a shutdown in October.

”The president’s willing to be patient to make sure that we get what we need so we can that done,” Ryan said, adding that funding the wall was "not a question of if, it’s a question of when."

In May, Trump said he was going to “demand” that any stopgap measure to keep the government operating past Sept. 30 include funds to “secure the border.” The tweet was widely seen as a threat that he would veto any continuing resolution (CR), prompting a government shutdown, if the spending measure does not included funding for the border wall.

Ryan and McConnell met with Trump at the White House on Wednesday to discuss their strategy for funding the government. Congress is planning to pass most appropriations bills in batches and then send them to the president for his signature ahead of Sept. 30, the last day of the fiscal year.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/399043-ryan-trump-willing-to-be-patient-on-wall-funding

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142119725

My response? -

BumRushDaShow (33,463 posts)
4. Give him 24 - 48 hours

(and Miller whispering in his ear) and he'll change his mind.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142119725#post4

And soon as they recessed Friday for the month of August - VOILA!!!!!1111!!!!

[duforsure]

8. All distraction from Russia

And his boss who is giving him his orders, putin

[Sinistrous]

10. Does Trumpie stamp his little feet and also

hold his breath until he turns blue?

[llmart]

17. I wish...

he'd hold his breath until he expires. Now THAT would be a blessing.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Like this?

[beachbum bob]

11. I am sure republicans want to add a govt shutdown as they already getting clobbered in the polls.

trump's OWN party doesn't have the votes to give him what he wants

[heaven05]

12. Fuck trump & his scum deplrables nt

[Harker]

13. I think we all know

who he means by "great people" and what he means by "merit."

[theaocp]

14. When WILL he just chop down the SoL and sell it for scrap? n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Days after dialing it back, he dials it up. Ignore what he says. Watch what he does.

He appoints ultra-con judges.

If we and the media boycotted or mostly ignored his tweets and yo-yo sound bites, he'd lose his most effective tool.

tRump's base hears the hard-right crap and the wobbly part of the middle hears his dial-backs.

[Still In Wisconsin]

16. Do it, TRUMP!

Please.

[sanatanadharma]

18. Trump negociates with terrorists!

and he offers stuff to those terrorists

Nice way to honor the blood, limbs and lives of the servicewomen of the USA

[pazzyanne]

20. QUESTION: How does shutting down the government increase border security?

Oh, that's right, we are talking about tRump logic here aren't we. Can't get your way, up the bully tactics. Got it.

[forgotmylogin]

38. Presidential Fail

This is not how Government works.

You don't take your ball and go home when you don't get your way.

If your thing is not the will of the people (or the congresscritters representing them) you take the hint and compromise, or demur.

[Shrike47]

22. It's clear that threats and bullying are his idea of negotiation. A-hole.

[Liberalagogo]

23. More distractions....

[dalton99a]

26. Republicans control all branches of government.

Did he need Democratic votes to pass his tax scam?

[onecaliberal]

27. Go ahead. Do it! Do it now so your corporate farm welfare will be stopped.

[appleannie1943]

28. When my kids had a tantrum in a store, they were taken to the car. They NEVER got what they wanted.

[yallerdawg]

31. Is he talking about the Mexican government?

As far as I know, Democrats in Washington have very little impact on Mexican government financial legislation.

[NCjack]

33. Oh, yes !!! Shut down the government and improve the

likelihood of the DEMs gaining control of the Senate in 2018. Please. Stop the threats and do it !!!

[Squinch]

34. Early to mid October would be very nice for us.

[The Liberal Lion]

35. The best thing possible for the United States

would be to shut down this farce that some choose to call "government" in America.

[briv1016]

36. Schumer caved last time when it came to the dreamers. Why wouldn't he try it again?

[Julian Englis]

37. If tRump's upset, he should should down the Mexican government for not paying for his wall. n/t

[Nitram]

39. Impeach da bum!

[Cold War Spook]

40. Every time I read about The Wall,

I read the posts. Why am I, as far as I know, the only one that knows that Mexicans own boats?

[Joe Bacon]

41. Go ahead. Do it!

Do it, Tweety Amin!

Shut the Government down right before the election.

Shut it down completely and stop people from getting their benefit checks!

And do ignore all those howls from your base when you cut their cash off!

[Progressive dog]

42. I'll accept a wall, but only if

it's on a brand new prison for that Putin puppet.

[duforsure]

43. He's acting out like

Ted Cruz did to shut down the government. That didn't go so well for Cruz as he's battling for his political life now in Texas. People hate him and knows anyone who lies as much as he does is probably very corrupt also. They both are lying con men, and a President threatening to hurt the USA and its people shows he's not putting America first at all, he's putting trump first, and always will.

[jmowreader]

44. Go for it, Donald

Make sure you stop the Social Security checks of the segment of the American people who votes in the greatest percentage, and keep those checks locked up until after the election. Yeah, that’ll show those damn Democrats who won’t give you your wall!