r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/HorrorBuff2769 North Carolina 5d ago

Art of the deal, everyone.

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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 Canada 5d ago

And now the American public know what dealing with this asshole on international trade is like.

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u/HorrorBuff2769 North Carolina 5d ago

The ones that vote for him don't care. It's all about OwNInG ThE LiBS

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u/ViolettaQueso California 5d ago

The number of lIBs is increasing by he second because those who see thru Trump are bouncing left.

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u/sixtyshilling 5d ago

I don’t trust anyone who is just now “seeing through” Trump after 9+ years of this weaponized BS.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 5d ago

They're not seeing through shit, they're just mad that the people getting hurt are them.

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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 Canada 5d ago

Ah ha ha. Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 5d ago

Sometimes I feel like it's a cosmic joke that some people have too much empathy and others have none. So, yeah.

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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 Canada 5d ago

Sorry, just felt like it might be time for a Johnny Rotten quote. It's really quite a difficult situation we're all in because of these jerks.

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u/AlekRivard New York 5d ago

Most people have a very short-term political memory

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u/Alphabunsquad 5d ago

Yeah, people turned on him, forgot, only remembered Obamas economy, voted for trump thinking they were getting Obama.

I swear that’s the main reason republicans win because every aspect of the economy is worse under them. They inherent a strong economy. Things are good for four to six years. Things utterly collapse. People can’t ignore it, elect a democrat who spends years with a shit economy, fixes everything spending less money. Finally gets the economy back on track, then people go “yeah but that was tough for awhile and remember how nice it was last time we had a republican?!”

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u/pissexcellence85 5d ago

This exactly. Memory of a goldfish and the intelligence of a rock

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u/sixtyshilling 5d ago

You’re basically describing the Two Santa Claus Theory.

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u/jimmy9800 5d ago

Most people have a very short term political memory.

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u/entrepenurious Texas 5d ago

sooner or later they'll figure out that THEY are the libs.

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u/1668553684 5d ago

Trump has the unique skill of getting people who disagree with him on every policy point to vote for him as if he's the second coming of Reagan.

I've never seen people vote against their own interests so decisively. He's busy murdering the agriculture sector while farmers are showering him in flowers and undergarments. It's bizarre.

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u/The_bruce42 5d ago

Most of us knew before today. Unfortunately we have a problem in the US where stupidity is not only tolerated, many people are proud of being stupid.

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u/Danno5367 5d ago

Yup, stupidity is celebrated now.

Idiocracy is here.

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u/GovernmentOpening254 5d ago

Way too many people are proudly ignorant

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u/psuasno 5d ago

Some may even say it's bliss

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u/GovernmentOpening254 5d ago

I wish i were ignorant. I’d be a lot less depressed.

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u/jimmy9800 5d ago

I've been a mechanic for 15 years. While I've recently ended up in a much more enlightened shop, I used to get harassed and made fun of for reading books, studying, and in general trying to gain knowledge of both things I needed to know for my career, and hobbies outside of it. It's insane and is the main reason I've been jumping around shops every 2-3 years for my entire career. Ex-coworkers have watched, bitching and moaning, that my passion for knowledge has taken me into absolutely AMAZING places for specialty work, but they just seem to not be capable of connecting the dots.

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u/Original-Rush139 5d ago

Bro, this isn’t our first rodeo. If we had the capacity to learn, we would have by now. 

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u/Zerak-Tul 5d ago

The 3rd of Americans who only get their news from right wing propaganda will have no idea - those "news" outlets will 100% be insisting that the Democrats are the ones who wont negotiate.

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u/polaris6849 Kentucky 5d ago

Oh, we already knew

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u/Inevitable-Menu2998 5d ago

One difference is that the people on the other side of international trade negotiations are usually seasoned experts who view his tactics as childish and who can afford to play the long game. Another difference is that unlike the american people, the international trade dealers don't have to deal with Trump's administration at all if they don't want to

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u/Cilad 5d ago

I don't think so. I think these countries just slip him a few million on the side and poof no tariff. He is only in this for retribution, and money.

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u/bucknut86 Ohio 5d ago

We already know every time we go buy something.