To prevent a shutdown, Trump begins an embarrassing surrender
To prevent a shutdown, Trump begins an embarrassing surrender
04/25/17 08:00 AM—Updated 04/25/17 01:53 PM
By Steve Benen
Just last week, Donald Trump’s White House tried to play a little hardball. With a government-shutdown deadline looming, Team Trump sent word to Capitol Hill that the president expects any spending bill to include taxpayer money for a border wall. Since there was no chance Democrats would agree to such a demand, it meant one of two things would happen.
Either Trump would shut the federal government down on Friday at midnight, which would be politically problematic for him and his administration, or Trump would surrender, which would be politically problematic for him and his administration.
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04/25/17 08:00 AM—Updated 04/25/17 01:53 PM
By Steve Benen
Just last week, Donald Trump’s White House tried to play a little hardball. With a government-shutdown deadline looming, Team Trump sent word to Capitol Hill that the president expects any spending bill to include taxpayer money for a border wall. Since there was no chance Democrats would agree to such a demand, it meant one of two things would happen.
Either Trump would shut the federal government down on Friday at midnight, which would be politically problematic for him and his administration, or Trump would surrender, which would be politically problematic for him and his administration.
READ MORE: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/pr...
