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CaliforniaPeggy

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3. I think you're right, plus...

Reply to Shaddox (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2019, 12:28 AM

Jan 2019

He knows if he yields on this topic, his core supporters will abandon him. And that includes Putin. He can't have that; he would lose a lot of face and that is unsupportable.

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Trump won't end shutdown because unstaffed, unfunded, and no plan is all he knows. [View all] Shaddox Jan 2019 OP

Astute analysis. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #1

I think he genuinely doesn't know that everyone doesn't get $200k a year from Dad at age 3 More_Cowbell Jan 2019 #2

I think you're right, plus... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2019 #3

It has been the plan all along. Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #4

I was going to include Bannon in the OP - he must be relishing this Shaddox Jan 2019 #8

And look at his "stellar" business record! Beartracks Jan 2019 #5

Such a fucking mushroom dick. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #6

+1. I don't like to hate people... LuckyCharms Jan 2019 #9

No plan. No strategy. No tactics. RockRaven Jan 2019 #7