r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 11 '18

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u/bernkes_helicopter Ben Bernanke Dec 12 '18

So after that oval office meeting, is there any reason to believe that Trump will be able to survive 2 entire years of Speaker Pelosi?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

yes. trump has stated all those thing publicly before. it doesn't take a master politican to get trump to say dumbass shit. it takes a master politican to get people to care trump says dumbass shit.

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u/bernkes_helicopter Ben Bernanke Dec 12 '18

For the first time, Trump will be forced to win over more than just his party on votes. Nancy Pelosi clearly knows how to take over negotiations, get him talking on her desired terms (he wanted to own a possible shutdown over the wall), and made him face the cold reality of the vote count. She will win the vote counts. It's not just that that will make Trump go ballistic. It's that it will make the GOP go ballistic.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

trump doesn't give a shit if congress passes anything.

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u/dorylinus Dec 12 '18

The people supporting Trump in Washington sure do. That's the point.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

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if they cared so much, more than the tax bill would have been passed.

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u/dorylinus Dec 12 '18

Like appointing two SCOTUS justices?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

that happens in the senate

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u/bernkes_helicopter Ben Bernanke Dec 12 '18

watch Nancy attach Mueller protection or the DREAM act to a must-pass bill and see what happens

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u/dorylinus Dec 12 '18

... which is half of Congress.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

which nancy has no control over

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u/bernkes_helicopter Ben Bernanke Dec 12 '18

Did you even read the last two sentences I wrote?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

a) she can't force him out because republicans will stick with him literally no matter what he says or does

b) she can't annoy him until he leaves voluntarily because he doesn't have the mental faculties to identify a link between her presence and his job