advertising wearing armez, and that her ka razzing the freshly minted dollar bills as if it is the most beautiful thing she had ever seen, and so there is a chronology of this type of elitism, don. you have a similar take when he bragged about having a cabinet of billionaires, this is a foreseeable consequence. yeah. absolutely. when trump first came into office, he was so proud to have all of the out of touch billionaires advising him on the policy, and look, this is what happens, personnel is policy. when you have a team of grifters and out of touch billionaires running the country, you end up with a shutdown with no foreseeable end in sight, because this team of buffoons and out of touch rich people didn t come in with an exit strategy and think it is no big deal to layoff 800 people, and just get a bridge loan, and putting the food on the table is the same as securing money from
to reopen the government without funding the wall. and that sent a big signal. the president tried to down play it in his remarks to the reporters but you can t downplay that six members of his own party walked across the line. i read your stuff, i know you have the best words. can you put into words the pressure on donald trump right now? there is a tremendous amount of pressure. the white house is really desperate for an exit strategy at this point. polling has consistently shown that the majority of voters in numerous polls are holding the republicans and trump responsible. and we really saw trump do an unusual thing over the last 24 hours. he has backed down. he decided that he wasn t going to try to held to state of the union this coming tuesday at the house of representatives, as was planned. and then even today, he admitted, or he said that he would accept a short term funding bill, potentialfully there was some wall money in it.
the president tried to downplay in his remarks to reporters, but you can t downplay the fact that six members of his own party walked across the line. nancy cook, i read your stuff. i know you have the best words. can you put into words the pressure on donald trump right about now? well, there is just a tremendous amount of pressure. the white house is really desperate for an exit strategy at this point. polling has consistently shown that the majority of voters in numerous polls are holding the republicans and trump responsible, and we really saw trump do an unusual thing over the last 24 hours, he has backed down. he decided that he wasn t going to try to hold the state of the union next this coming tuesday at the house of representatives, as was planned, and then even today he admitted that or he said that he would accept a short-term funding bill, potentially, if there was some wall money if it. that is a huge concession for him on two things and something
line. he had this meeting at the white house on wednesday with conservative leaders. conservative movement types. and have really pressed on them to get their people to call their senators to make sure people stayed in lines, that senators stayed, supported the president senators voting for the democratic bill. what that says is not just that they voted to reopen the government but they also voted to reopen the government without funding the wall. and that sent a big signal. the president tried to down play it in his remarks to the reporters but you can t downplay that six members of his own party walked across the line. i read your stuff, i know you have the best words. can you put into words the pressure on donald trump right now? there is a tremendous amount of pressure. the white house is really desperate for an exit strategy at this point. polling has consistently shown
his wish, he has the mantle of it. there s no doubt about it, he is taking a lot of water here. and his poll numbers are steadily declining. he s clearly being blamed for this. he needs an off-ramp here that he can walk without being called a quitter by his base. and i think they re frantically searching for it. but by the same token i think that there is some there is some toll on the institution of washington itself, of congress itself. i m sure democrats are beginning to get a little bit uneasy as well because every night the news is led with stories like the one doug spoke of. everyone knows people in their community. i was in the airport today and saw the poor beleaguer tsa people who hadn t been paid and the pressure is mounting. so i think democrats are in a better position. trump is in a terrible position. both of them probably could use an exit strategy for this drama. doug, what happens if president trump does show up on