Individual-1's timing to re-open the government comes within hours of Roger Stone's arrest?

[ffr]

Highly suspect. Is he trying to divert attention away from the scandal? I say yes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That's ridiculous. Trump didn't do himself any favors by folding like a cheap lawn chair

on national television. He didn't get anything he wanted and Roger Stone remains just as indicted as he was this morning.

[ffr]

5. Fox Noise must already have the next shiny lure for MAGAts to obsess over.

Love the crowd chanting down that crook this morning. It never gets old.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. This time it's probably a coincidence. Things are happening...

pretty fast now, so we'll see a lot of that.

[Shell_Seas]

3. But what will his base say?

[bearsfootball516]

4. I actually don't think so. Him caving looks much worse for his base than the Stone stuff.

It's likely coincidental and was caused by LaGuardia shutting down and the FAA starting to bring down the hammer on him.

[marylandblue]

6. It had to be soon anyway. The Senate was on the verge of revolting

And the airports were shutting down. Maybe the indictment pushed it up a day or two.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. And he wanted to be sure there was enough time to prepare for his SOTU

which was probably as much of a motivation as the Senate rebellion.

[old guy]

8. I did not watch it,

but the timing is really, really fishy.

[Honeycombe8]

9. Maybe. But I suspect it was Turtle's comments yesterday.

Turtle said the govt shouldn't have been shut down in the first place, and that's it's not a way to run the govt...something like that. Then poll showing large hit to Trump's approval rating.

Trump relies heavily on Turtle's good graces, now the House belongs to the Democrats. He can't risk losing Turtle as an ally. He also can't risk losing his base, which is what shows in the new low approval ratings.

[onenote]

10. Stop. Think. He caved because the chaos was getting out of control

When it was announced that air traffic at LaGuardia and elsewhere was disrupted, Trump and his minions had no choice but to fold. It would have happened whether or not Stone's indictment had been announced.

[corbettkroehler]

11. Prefer To Give Pelosi The Credit

Trump is a traitor but on this particular question, I feel it was the Speaker's position of "No negotiation without ending the shutdown" which did it (along with HUGE disruptions to Air Traffic Control).