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Trump's ever-shifting shutdown blame game
As with his infamous lie that Mexico would pay for his border wall, Trump is again trying to lie his way out of his own words on camera -- “I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down."
One lie after another lie. Neither the honesty nor the bravado to own the words that emerge out of his own pie hole.
1/3/19
First, President Donald Trump said he would take responsibility for any potential government shutdown. Later, as the partial shutdown got underway, it was top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer's fault. Then Trump placed the blame on top House Democrat and now House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Now? It's the fault of all the Democrats running to replace him in 2020. Thirteen days in, the President and Democrats remain at odds over funding for a US-Mexico border wall, which has stymied negotiations on passing the funding broader measures needed to reopen the government. Trump initially said he would "take the mantle" of blame for a shutdown due to border security disagreements, but ahead of Democrats' takeover of the House of Representatives on Thursday, he's sought to shift the blame onto the Democrats' future political ambitions. "The Shutdown is only because of the 2020 Presidential Election," Trump tweeted Thursday. "The Democrats know they can't win based on all of the achievements of 'Trump,' so they are going all out on the desperately needed Wall and Border Security - and Presidential Harassment. For them, strictly politics!"
Trump, who launched his 2016 presidential debate decrying illegal immigration, claimed Wednesday he's not thinking about the politics of the debate. "I actually think it's bad politics, but I'm not thinking about the politics. I'm thinking about what's right and what's wrong. And we need a physical barrier," he said. But behind closed doors, Trump admitted he is acutely aware of the politics of the debate. The President told a group of lawmakers he can't accept Democrats' offer to reopen the government as the two sides negotiate border wall funding because he "would look foolish if I did that," a person familiar with the conversation told CNN.
As with his infamous lie that Mexico would pay for his border wall, Trump is again trying to lie his way out of his own words on camera -- “I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down."
One lie after another lie. Neither the honesty nor the bravado to own the words that emerge out of his own pie hole.