Trump doesn't understand his leverage is gone

[DemocratSinceBirth]

President Trump has invited congressional leaders to the White House for a briefing on border security, the first face-to-face session involving Republicans and Democrats as the partial government shutdown entered its second week. . . .

“Border Security and the Wall ‘thing’ and Shutdown is not where Nancy Pelosi wanted to start her tenure as Speaker! Let’s make a deal?” Trump tweeted Tuesday.


One wondrous result of the 2018 election, we will discover, is the near-total irrelevance of Trump’s tweets. He can say whatever wacky thing he wants, throw out whatever insults he pleases, but Pelosi (D-Calif.), the House minority leader, is not going to be thrown off track or even alarmed. She takes his tweets as confirmation he is clueless and unstable.

Of course, Pelosi would like nothing better than to demonstrate Democrats can govern and the Republican Senate cannot. (“Pelosi responded to Trump’s ‘let’s make a deal’ invitation by tweeting that the president had “given Democrats a great opportunity to show how we will govern responsibly & quickly pass our plan to end the irresponsible #TrumpShutdown — just the first sign of things to come in our new Democratic Majority committed to working #ForThePeople.”)

Pelosi has her plan ready to go: Pass a clean resolution for six of the seven appropriations bills to fund through the end of the fiscal year and the Homeland Security appropriations through Feb. 8. Trump cannot prevent her from doing it, nor can Freedom Caucus gadfly Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), who declared the move a “non-starter” — as if his consent were necessary.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/02/trump-doesnt-understand-his-leverage-is-gone/?utm_term=.feb011ac7a50

[ooky]

1. I don't think Trump understands the concept of leverage, period.

His idea of negotiation is strong arming people. That's why he is holding 800,000 federal workers hostage.

[marylandblue]

2. This. He actually has lots of leverage if he knew how to use it.

He could offer lots of enticing carrots to Pelosi and she'd make a deal. But he only knows how to use tiny twigs.

[ooky]

4. True that.

Unlike Trump, Pelosi knows how to make deals.

[FM123]

3. Yep, you are right!

I suspect there is a lot that trumpy does not understand the concept of....leverage, beverage - same thing

[Baitball Blogger]

5. He has leverage through Mitch McConnell.

Something might change if there can be investigations into his questionable activities.