WHY didn't 'the moron' throw a tantrum for his wall when the GOP had both houses of congress?

[pansypoo53219]

[coeur_de_lion]

1. Good point. Why indeed?

[TomCADem]

11. Because even Republicans Knew it Was a Stupid Idea...

...but with Democrats now controlling the House, they can now blame Democrats, rather than own up to the fact that it is stupid.

[Evergreen Emerald]

2. And, they had both houses of Congress before January 2nd

When, the started the tantrum, and yet the Republicans did nothing. They put it in the laps of the Democrats--and McConnell is loudly silent, again shirking his legislative duties.

[RockRaven]

3. Because he's only interested in this as an excuse to pick a fight and distract the media/public?

[Thekaspervote]

4. The gopeee has been waiting to pounce.. it's a planned move. Shift the blame to the Dems weaken

Their stance thinking they will fold. They regain the house in 2020 and dotard is re-elected

[bearsfootball516]

5. Because that wouldn't have netted him a "win" against the Democrats.

Also, he knows this is likely his last chance to get funding. It was easy to kick the can down the road before, but it's turned into now or never.

[NCjack]

6. His plan is not to get a wall, but to break DEMs by forcing us to pay for the Wall. nt

[bearsfootball516]

10. Yep. The Wall means very little to him overall. This is about breaking the Dems will.

This is his biggest campaign promise and if he can get the Dems to break, he believes they'll fold on anything. Voters will lose faith in Pelosi and Schumer, etc. That is much more important to him than the wall itself.

[spanone]

7. because the gop doesn't really care about a wall...until he started bashing democrats about it

then they jumped on

[RainCaster]

8. You answered it yourself - he is a moron

[SWBTATTReg]

9. He's doing it to prevent him or family from being indicted by the courts...nt

[jmowreader]

12. It's completely stopped discussion of Robert Mueller's investigation

And that's what Trump is really trying for.

[EleanorR]

13. He tried but was reigned in by people like Kelly. Now there's no one left but sycophants.

Trump was egged on by Coulter and Limbaugh, and with no one to talk him down, his obsession with the wall was allowed free reign.

[Ohiya]

14. I think you're right...

I've been seeing a lot of different theories, but this makes the most sense.

[smirkymonkey]

15. Hmmm. I wonder?

[Vinca]

16. The nexus of this whole affair is Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.

Don was all set to sign the bill they'd agreed on, then he found out Rush and Ann were miffed. Maybe Nancy should be negotiating with them.

[malaise]

17. Because this is all politics

and has never been a national security matter.