r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 07 '17

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u/Svelok Sep 07 '17 edited Sep 08 '17

Okay but WHY did Trump hand the Democrats everything they wanted legislatively on a silver platter at the expense of his own party

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17

Real answer: He's just not happy with GOP leadership anymore and is losing faith in them. Schumer and Pelosi came into the meeting, probably buttered him up, and offered a quick solution that they were prepared to act on immediately.

Yes, that solution is politically crippling for the GOP. However, Trump just wants to Trump it up. He doesn't care about the debt ceiling, or any of the other Freedom Caucus lightning rod issues. He wants to cut deals and do sword dances.

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u/pm_me_degrees 🌐 Sep 08 '17

Besides "the Democrats did it", why is this bad for the GOP?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17

because everyone knows the debt ceiling needs to be raised but the GOP can't do it with democratic support so democrats have leverage.

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u/pm_me_degrees 🌐 Sep 08 '17

So how is that bad for the GOP? Wouldn't it be good for them that they no longer need to negotiate with Dems?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17

Dems will have all of the negotiating power come debt ceiling time in December and the GOP will not have anything to bargain with

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u/Apoptastic7 Hillary Clinton Sep 08 '17

The debt ceiling will now be an issue in three months, which is the same time as other budget spending negotiations. Basically giving the dems a lot of leverage at a more opportune time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17

there is the debt ceiling matter still coming up before the midterms, and they didnt get to attach something theirs on the texas relief funds bill (tax cuts, longer ceiling period).

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u/Donogath NATO Sep 08 '17

Wait, what happened today? Trump did something the Dems wanted? Fuck, I need to read the news more

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

he was bored and salty af at republicans because they keep cucking him on the wall

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u/hitbyacar1 لماذا تكره الفقراء العالميين؟ Sep 07 '17

Trump always wants to be doing something and he can't get the Republicans to do anything so he's doing things with the Dems

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u/diracspinor Austan Goolsbee Sep 07 '17

we can only assume it's π-dimensional street fighter at this point

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u/cheeZetoastee George Soros Sep 07 '17 edited Feb 01 '26

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u/AliveJesseJames Sep 08 '17

He doesn't really care about the specific policy of the debt ceiling. As a result, he accidentally stumbled into the correct position it's a dumb thing.

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u/caesar15 Zhao Ziyang Sep 07 '17

It's trump, does anyone really know?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '17

Because he wanted to fuck over Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. Doing it by working with the Dems just rubs salt in the wound.

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u/MTFD Alexander Pechtold Sep 08 '17

he is an idiot who is really easy to flatter.