Trump admitted 'we are getting crushed' by Democrats

[DURHAM D]

after he watched coverage of his shutdown -

Despite his brash tweets and comments vowing to continue his government shutdown, President Donald Trump has privately conceded he is losing the political battle over his border wall, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

Trump made the admission to acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney after watching press coverage of the shutdown.

“We are getting crushed!” Trump admitted.

“Why can’t we get a deal?” he wondered.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-admitted-getting-crushed-democrats-watched-coverage-shutdown/

[underpants]

1. Because you're an asshole

Next question

[Marie Marie]

2. Good answer.

[Achilleaze]

36. Yes, he* is the Greatest republican asshole of all time

No one would ever argue otherwise.

[Adrahil]

3. Because you have no leverage.

You said you would OWN this shutdown. And so you are.

If you have done any fucking research, you'd realize that most Americans don't want your fucking wall.

[Glimmer of Hope]

4. We have just started muthafukka.

[dalton99a]

5. "Pointing his finger at aides for not delivering the deal he wants"

It's never his fault, as usual

[Croney]

6. While I hope this is true, I wonder who was the fly on the wall who

made this publicly known.

[Roland99]

7. Maybe Mulvaney. Esp after the way Twitler ripped into him the other day

[Blue_true]

12. Somehow word got back to Speaker Pelosi that Trump was going to try to ambush her with the SOTU

address. There are leaks in Trump's boat, for whatever the reason.

[DURHAM D]

14. Lawrence O just reported this on MSNBC.

Source - NY Times

[gratuitous]

26. Let's say it was Jared

Someone will pick up on that. Heh, heh, heh.

[Cary]

8. What a moron

What does he expect to happen when he listens to Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter? He doesn'g realize that these two pixies are polarizing? WTF?

[OnDoutside]

31. It's surprising he doesn't turn on them, and blame them for the shutdown.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. Look in the mirror, dickhead. . .

. . .and you'll know why you can't get a deal.

[Blue_true]

10. Why can't Trump get a deal?

Ever tried telling someone "give me everything and you get nothing from me" then arriving at a deal with them?

[elias7]

11. His art of the deal is to gain leverage through cruelty

He knows our hearts bleed for DACA, children separated from parents, people working and not getting paid - he creates an untenable situation and uses that as a negotiating tool. Sociopath.

[C_U_L8R]

13. Slinging insults and offering nothing gets you nowhere.

Trump sucks as a deal maker. It starts with having a good offering in hand to begin with. A dumbass wall that doesn't work, for which there are no plans, and costs billions and billions of dollars for undefined nonsense and a contrived crisis... is a total non-starter.

[RockRaven]

15. You can get a deal. A Godfather Part II kind of deal. The deal is this... nothing.

Trump thinks he's the tough guy gangster. But really he's the arrogant moron who doesn't know who he is messing with.

[uppityperson]

16. Because you don't want a "deal", but everything, Don the Con.

[jcgoldie]

17. How would that quote come out?

No clue what the game is here, but I'm skeptical of these quotes.

[Generic Brad]

18. Mickey's revenge?

Trump embarrassed him the other day. I can’t imagine a Trump leaking this.

[SammyWinstonJack]

37. Even if he didn't say it out loud, bet he's thinking it.

[Renew Deal]

19. What is he offering in this "deal"

[Flaleftist]

20. "Why can't we get a deal?"

Every poll since the shutdown has Trump and the GOP at a lower approval. Does this really need to be dumbed down more for Trump?

[SunSeeker]

21. Shart of the Deal in action. nt

[rpannier]

22. You can get a deal

Open the government and stop whining about the wall

There you go

[BlueStater]

23. Because it's not real estate, you fucking moron. n/t

[gratuitous]

27. Also because there's nobody else to negotiate with

There isn't another Congress in the next block McDonald can deal with, or threaten to go to if this Congress won't meet his terms. And Pelosi has enough control over her caucus that McDonald's standard divisive tactics don't work.

[rickyhall]

24. Quote from That 70s Show:

"Because you're a dumb ass."

[Garion_55]

25. Because he listened to Mark Levin and Sean Hannity.

This whole thing has their stink all over it.

I used to do a lot of driving in past jobs and I would listen to right-wing radio just to learn what stupid arguments they were using in order to know how to counter them.

Mark Levin is funny in that he screams and yells and name calls and talks over his collars and screams at them and treats everyone like shit.

He is a clown. But he has always talked about how shutting down the government is a good thing. It's too big anyway. It's a good way to trim the government down show people what parts are needed.

But he also uses it as a bargaining strategy. He says you demand something, the other side says no, you shut down the government, the public screams and yells and gets pissed off not at you but at both sides, then you the other side gets nervous cuz they don't want to lose an election, so the other side gives in to you because the public is screaming so loud and then you get everything you want and then you open the government back up again. That's literally how Mark Levin says you have to negotiate with the other side he has been saying that for years.

Now Trump is trying it but he is finding out that yes the people are pissed and they're mad but they're not mad at the Democrats they're mad at him. He keeps waiting for the public to be mad at the Democrats so the Democrats will give in and give Trump everything he wants. That's the strategy. That's what Hannity and Mark Levin told him would work.

What a fucking dumbass. Listening to those two fat turds who have never legislated a damn thing in their life.

[Blue Owl]

28. As he crushes his adderall...

n/t

[allgood33]

29. Be on watch for some irrational action on his part to make all things worse.

He lives in a FOX hole.

[BootinUp]

30. This is a Trump sympathy ploy. Not too effective though.

[duforsure]

32. The American people are running away from trump and the gop in huge numbers now,

And trump and the gop just thought the Mid Terms were bad, wait until the 2020 elections. trump is so toxic now he'll drag all republicans down to hell with him now, and putin.

[Demovictory9]

33. "we"??

it was his stupid idea

[edbermac]

34. And you're getting your grapes crushed by Pelosi.

[SammyWinstonJack]

35. Because it's your way exclusively and that ain't happening, MFer.

[JHB]

38. ""Why can't we get a deal?" he wondered."... T's like this Donnie-poo...

1) It's a big fat waste, and only your fan club loves it.

2) There was a deal, but Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh stepped on your tail and made you "yip". Now you're pointing at Nancy & Chuck to hide your embarrassment that you have a tail and make a "yip" noise (y'know, "like a..." ).

3) You didn't leave room for one. Classic key difference between the Art of the Deal and the Fart on the Deal.

4) You have a "tell". Everybody knows that once you have what you want you welsh on deals and don't deliver your end. Everyone.



Wondering solved. Speaking of wondering, why is the "soup of the day" at the White House always borscht?

[Vinca]

39. It's time for Don to switch to the "benevolent dictator" role.

He can open the government and then take a cross country tour talking about how wonderful he was to do it.