President Trump held a dinner meeting with Schumer and Pelosi yesterday. On the subject of DACA, it's truly unclear what happened. The Democrats came out of the meeting and announced that DACA would be reinstated by appropriate legislation that also would fund and authorize major border security moves. They also said that a border wall would not be part of that deal although the President would still push for a wall in other legislation. The President said that there was no agreement of this sort. So the question now has become who to believe.
It's a tough question to answer. Both President Trump and Nancy Pelosi often say things that are untrue or inexact. It seems that they are intentionally telling lies, although Trump clearly speaks in what ought to be described as "loose language". Schumer is not inexact at all, but he frequently lies. That means that we have three unreliable witnesses and have to decide which ones to believe.
Why would the Democrats lie? Clearly, having President Trump abandon the wall would be a major blow to his base. Trump ran strongly on the idea of a wall, and for him to abandon it would upset many of his voters. For the Democrats to say that he did that, even if he did not, could cause major upset with those voters.
Why would Trump lie? The President could have had another of those times when he said something that he really did not want to say on further reflection. Giving up the wall in just a single meeting with the Democrats would be such a moment.
Could it be that neither is lying? Sure. Trump may have said something that Pelosi took to be agreement but which Trump did not mean that way. It could all be a misunderstanding. I doubt it though.
We will see soon how this plays out. My gut tells me that Schumer and Pelosi are at fault, but admittedly that is my normal inclination. Still, since the only ones with a big up side for being dishonest here are Pelosi and Schumer. They always go for the up side no matter what the truth.
It's a tough question to answer. Both President Trump and Nancy Pelosi often say things that are untrue or inexact. It seems that they are intentionally telling lies, although Trump clearly speaks in what ought to be described as "loose language". Schumer is not inexact at all, but he frequently lies. That means that we have three unreliable witnesses and have to decide which ones to believe.
Why would the Democrats lie? Clearly, having President Trump abandon the wall would be a major blow to his base. Trump ran strongly on the idea of a wall, and for him to abandon it would upset many of his voters. For the Democrats to say that he did that, even if he did not, could cause major upset with those voters.
Why would Trump lie? The President could have had another of those times when he said something that he really did not want to say on further reflection. Giving up the wall in just a single meeting with the Democrats would be such a moment.
Could it be that neither is lying? Sure. Trump may have said something that Pelosi took to be agreement but which Trump did not mean that way. It could all be a misunderstanding. I doubt it though.
We will see soon how this plays out. My gut tells me that Schumer and Pelosi are at fault, but admittedly that is my normal inclination. Still, since the only ones with a big up side for being dishonest here are Pelosi and Schumer. They always go for the up side no matter what the truth.
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