Yesterday afternoon, President Trump delivered a statement from the White House in which he made a compromise offer to deal with border security and to get the government reopened. Democrats rejected the President's offer starting a few hours before he even made the proposal. The offer, they said, was "inadequate" and they would not discuss border security until the government was reopened.
It was a strange spectacle. I could picture Pelosi, Schumer and the other congressional Democrats in a room somewhere with their hands covering their ears while yelling nonsense syllables so that they couldn't hear any of what Trump said. I doubt if I'm the only one who had that reaction.
Surely, President Trump got the reaction from the Democrats that he expected. His offer was dead on arrival; so what was the point of making the offer?
1. Trump appeared reasonable while the Dems seemed unreasonable. Trump proposed a compromise, but the Dems just said no.
2. The compromise Trump offered was one that many Americans would consider reasonable. That includes many who are not locked into fixed positions of pro-Trump or pro-Democrat. The vast middle of the country heard a reasonable offer from Trump and foot stomping rejection from the Dems.
3. Trump managed to come across as the "adult in the room" who is forced to deal with petulant children.
4. Trump managed to break through the media blitz of bogus Russia stories and put the border security issue back as the focus for the American people. Most likely, Trump will do this again and again in the next few days culminating in the State of the Union address. Trump was helped in this effort by the phony BuzzFeed bit of FakeNews for which the media went in so crazily. If Trump can keep the issue on the shutdown about border security, he will win the debate. Ultimately, the Dems cannot afford to be seen by the public to be keeping the government shut in order not to deal with border security.
It was a strange spectacle. I could picture Pelosi, Schumer and the other congressional Democrats in a room somewhere with their hands covering their ears while yelling nonsense syllables so that they couldn't hear any of what Trump said. I doubt if I'm the only one who had that reaction.
Surely, President Trump got the reaction from the Democrats that he expected. His offer was dead on arrival; so what was the point of making the offer?
1. Trump appeared reasonable while the Dems seemed unreasonable. Trump proposed a compromise, but the Dems just said no.
2. The compromise Trump offered was one that many Americans would consider reasonable. That includes many who are not locked into fixed positions of pro-Trump or pro-Democrat. The vast middle of the country heard a reasonable offer from Trump and foot stomping rejection from the Dems.
3. Trump managed to come across as the "adult in the room" who is forced to deal with petulant children.
4. Trump managed to break through the media blitz of bogus Russia stories and put the border security issue back as the focus for the American people. Most likely, Trump will do this again and again in the next few days culminating in the State of the Union address. Trump was helped in this effort by the phony BuzzFeed bit of FakeNews for which the media went in so crazily. If Trump can keep the issue on the shutdown about border security, he will win the debate. Ultimately, the Dems cannot afford to be seen by the public to be keeping the government shut in order not to deal with border security.
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