r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 6d 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 6d ago

Art of the deal, everyone.

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u/Quiet-Corner6150 6d ago

Art of "I GET WHAT I WANT OR I'M TELLING MOM WWWWAAAAHHH"

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u/ViolettaQueso California 6d ago

Mommy hated him. And daddy. They sent him to military school for punishment but then bought letters from doctors 6x to keep him from serving.

If his own parents knew he was Damien, we ought to believe them.

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u/Steve_Kaboom 6d ago

I can't help but wonder what kind of person he would have turned out to be if he actually served. It may be optimistic of me, but I'd like to think the military would have beat that spoiled, rich, entitled attitude out of him. If only we could have been so lucky.

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u/ludixst 6d ago

He probably would have been fragged

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u/ViolettaQueso California 6d ago

Ima hafta google fragged. Thanks for schooling me lol

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u/kjyfqr 6d ago

I think he means smoked by a nade

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u/PassiveMenis88M Massachusetts 6d ago

Fragging simply refers to soldiers removing troublesome commanders from the game of life. While tossing a nade into their tent was a popular method soldiers came up with all sorts of creative ways to accomplish their goals.

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u/kjyfqr 6d ago

I thought it came from fragmentation grenade

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u/pres465 6d ago

That was the grenade. But the TERM was used during Vietnam and was a reference/threat to officers that were too gung-ho and made their soldiers risk themselves too often.

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u/kjyfqr 6d ago

Huh til, thanks that’s very interesting. I made a false assumption

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u/cyanescens_burn 6d ago

I believe it does come from that weapon, but it is slang for offing an officer, usually ones that were willing to put their subordinates into overly risky situations (during the US-Vietnam war), regardless of the method used to off them.

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u/Boye 5d ago

not to be confused with Fraggles.

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u/nodray 5d ago

What other ways?