Border Wall Tussle: Preview of 2019

[TLK Valentine]

Dealing with those two would probably bring out the worst in anybody.

Ever notice how anyone within 100 yards of Donald has the same effect?

 

[Mountainmanbob]

Ever notice how anyone within 100 yards of Donald has the same effect?

Because he is a deal maker and some wish not to participate. Some only wish to sabotage his presidency. Some may not be putting country first?

Goats think that to be a crying shame!

I hate it when they get upset.

M-Bob

 

[TLK Valentine]

Because he is a deal maker

And a poor one at that.

and some wish not to participate.

Kim Jong Un and MBS participated -- and took him to the cleaners.

Some only wish to sabotage his presidency.

How does one "sabotage" something on fire?

Some may not be putting country first?

Donald is the country now?

Well,

Goats think that to be a crying shame!

I hate it when they get upset.

M-Bob

Donald is a "they" now?

 

[KCfromNC]

Those metal barriers mostly are 12 to 18 feet high. They are the same design fences built under Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. "

Just as a reminder, Trump promised a wall, not a fence :

"On the fence -- it's not a fence. It's a wall," Trump began. "We're going to build a wall."

Trump: 'It's not a fence. It's a wall.' - CNNPolitics

 

[KCfromNC]

Dealing with those two would probably bring out the worst in anybody.

They did trick Trump into promising to shut down the government if he didn't get his way, so yeah, they're pretty skilled negotiators who got the best of Trump.

 

[Nithavela]

It is sad when you control everything and still can’t do anything.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Did you read the first sentence of the article?

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government has announced plans to spend $30 billion over the next five years on Central American development, an initiative designed to slow migration from some of the hemisphere’s poorest and most violent countries through Mexico and toward the United States.

Did you see the scare quotes around 'wall'?


"Scare quotes are a particular use of quotation marks. They are placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it is not used in the fashion that the writer would personally use it. In contrast to the nominal typographic purpose of quotation marks, the enclosed words are not necessarily quoted from another source. When read aloud, various techniques are used to convey the sense, such as prepending the addition of "so-called" or a similar word or phrase of disdain, using a sarcastic or mocking tone, or using air quotes, or any combination of the above." -from Wikepedia

 

[wing2000]

Did you see the scare quotes around 'wall'?


"Scare quotes are a particular use of quotation marks. They are placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it is not used in the fashion that the writer would personally use it. In contrast to the nominal typographic purpose of quotation marks, the enclosed words are not necessarily quoted from another source. When read aloud, various techniques are used to convey the sense, such as prepending the addition of "so-called" or a similar word or phrase of disdain, using a sarcastic or mocking tone, or using air quotes, or any combination of the above." -from Wikepedia

Yes, but I did not realize you were using the quotes in that fashion.

Mexico is going to spend $30billion on their own 'wall' on their southern border.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Yes, but I did not realize you were using the quotes in that fashion.

I used scare quotes because I read the article.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Some only wish to sabotage his presidency.

It looks like Trump is doing that all on his own. Doing a good job of it too.

 

[cow451]

Mexico

Praying for the wall.

M-Bob

Thoughts and prayers. No money.

 

[Hank77]

Mexico

Praying for the wall.

M-Bob

Remind me again why Mexico is responsible for keeping Central Americans out of the US?

 

[TLK Valentine]

They did trick Trump into promising to shut down the government if he didn't get his way, so yeah, they're pretty skilled negotiators who got the best of Trump.

They certainly brought out the worst in him -- at least in terms of competence (or lack thereof)

 

[iluvatar5150]

Some may not be putting country first?

Some certainly aren't. But if I had to guess who, I'ma go with the guy who campaigned for president while trying to secure a big real estate deal in an adversarial nation, while hiring as campaign director a guy who laundered 10's of millions of dollars in support of that adversarial nation, and while directing his crooked lawyer to pay hush money to his inappropriate contentstar girlfriend.

 

[TLK Valentine]

It looks like Trump is doing that all on his own. Doing a good job of it too.

Well, statistically speaking, it was only a matter of time before we found something he was actually good at...

 

[expos4ever]

Well, statistically speaking, it was only a matter of time before we found something he was actually good at...

 

[Fantine]

Humpty Trumpty wanted a wall.
Humpty Trumpty had a great fall.
All Mueller's horses and all Mueller's men,
Will soon cart him off to the federal pen.

 

[TLK Valentine]

“A shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the President is weak.” --Donald John Trump.