“Just give up your only leverage and we’ll talk about what you want. Pinky promise.”
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Which is exactly what they said last spring, and then crickets. Fool me once ...
No negotiations until the shutdown ends.
"Give in to our demands" is not 'negotiation.'
Yeah that's what they said, this isn't negotiation.
There also won't be any negotiation after the shutdown ends either, but that part is just taken as read.
His only input on the negotiations so far has been : "don't negotiate with the Democrats"
So I'm not sure that's going to do anything to move the needle.
Trump’s total disregard for the Impoundment Control Act, which basically requires the President to spend money that Congress has appropriated — and the acquiescence of Congressional Republicans to that executive overreach — is ample reason why Democrats have little reason to trust Republicans will do what they say.
"I'll only talk to the Democrats if the meeting is held in the middle of Fifth Avenue."
Why? He has no skills at negotiating
His cognitive decline will be more obvious than ever. That's why miller and Mike don't want it. They are the ones running things but they need trump around so that they can.
Vance has been licking butt his whole life to get to the top.
He won't be listening to anyone once he gets there. They know that too.
Craven traitors, the lot of them.
They want him to be the mean parent, so they can tell their constituents "I'd love to do something about your health insurance premiums tripling in price, but The Boss says No."
I'm down for talking of shutting down his brain.
For research.
"Help us continue to the very next move which will be a successful vote to release your appearances in the Epstein Files."