Oh good, he just threatened to shut it down again Feb 15...

[Wounded Bear]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Of course he did.

But Nancy Pelosi has his tiny balls in a jar on her desk. He won't do it again.

[FarPoint]

5. YES!

She most certainly does!

[bearsfootball516]

2. Basically said that if they don't come to an agreement to fund the wall, he'll call a nat emergency

[SummerSnow]

3. We are still hostages. All of his damn threats

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. No, we aren't. He had to say something

to keep Ann Coulter from calling him up and making him cry.

[Windy City Charlie]

4. That was for his base

He had to do that for his base. He has to make it sound like he's still calling the shots.

[marylandblue]

6. Don't worry, he won't. After the tantrum, kids are good for a little while.

[highplainsdem]

8. Spin for his base. He's lost too much support on Capitol Hill to do it again. He caved because he

lost.

But he'll still keep blustering, making threats, and claiming nonexistent victories.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. but after his SOTU?

After he gets to do a big rally on all the tv, why wouldn't he shut it down to demand even more?

[highplainsdem]

10. Because this cost him too much support among GOP lawmakers.

[Windy City Charlie]

11. Exactly

He has to make it sound to his base that he'll eventually win the battle and that the wall will still be built.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. hope you're right

I count on the pain of GOP Senators more than the cowardice of Trump. It would take 20 R plus all D to override a veto.

Could be lots more scandals before the budget comes up again.

[FloridaBlues]

13. And these workers will have to go through this again in 3 weeks.

[backscatter712]

14. The Senate GOP doesn't have the guts to back him up.

Laguardia shut down - a major NYC airport, and others were following. The shutdown was turning into a nationwide catastrophe.

The Senate GOP knew they were about to be tarred-and-feathered, so they caved, and forced Trump to cave with them.

They came out of the shutdown smelling like they've been swimming in an outhouse cesspit (in a national park during the shutdown), and they won't want to go through that again.