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(56,582 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:23 AM Jan 2019

Trump doesn't want the wall [View all]

It's important to keep this in mind. Trump doesn't want the wall.

There's been a standing offer from Pelosi and Schumer since back when they were in the minority -- since the end of 2017, actually, IIRC: make the DREAMers' status permanent and you get wall funding. This has always been on the table, and he's always backed away from it.

If he actually wanted the wall, he would have jumped at that. But he doesn't want the wall, he wants his mouth-breathers to be terrified by the fact that there isn't a wall.

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Trump doesn't want the wall [View all] Recursion Jan 2019 OP

i agree... hes bored with the wall but he wants the fight.... samnsara Jan 2019 #1

At this point he wants the record for longest (and most tremendous) shutdown. Vinca Jan 2019 #2

He also knows his reelection chances depend on it. bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #3

AND he doesn't want any immigrant (like the Dreamers) to have a path to citizenship or tblue37 Jan 2019 #4

THAT, and this is a distraction from the Russia probe. Liberal In Texas Jan 2019 #5

Distraction! True Blue American Jan 2019 #13

Agreed. The wall is fictional. Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #6

He turned down $25 Billion in exchange for DACA last year Recursion Jan 2019 #7

Give him a few miles of Wall and let him claim victory Johnny2X2X Jan 2019 #8

Absolutely not!!! meow2u3 Jan 2019 #9

I think Trump wants it. WeekiWater Jan 2019 #10

Trump blew up a deal for $25B in exchange for DACA Recursion Jan 2019 #11

He is a child. WeekiWater Jan 2019 #12

that's the "art of the deal" anarch Jan 2019 #16

All he wants is a talking point. Just wait. Tomorrow this will be the longest shutdown in history Vinca Jan 2019 #14

Yup, the Democrats wouldn't mind the wall. joshcryer Jan 2019 #15