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Trump tells confidants that a government shutdown might be good for him
President Trump has told others that a government shutdown could be good for him politically and is focusing on his hard-line immigration stance as a way to win back supporters unhappy with his outreach to Democrats this fall, according to people who have spoken with him recently.
Over the past 10 days, the president has also told advisers that it is important that he is seen as tough on immigration and getting money for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to two people who have spoken with him. He has asked friends about how a shutdown would affect him politically and has told several people he would put the blame on the Democrats.
Trump’s mixed messages on a partial government shutdown could hamper the ability of congressional Republicans to negotiate with Democrats, whose support they need to pass spending legislation in coming weeks. Many Republicans said this week that a shutdown is an unwelcome possibility they hope to avoid. Even inside the White House, aides fret about the possibility, saying it would not poll well.
A White House official, speaking for the administration, said the president did not want a shutdown.
“When you run for office and you get elected and you are given the opportunity to govern, it strikes me as a bad idea to shut the government down. That seems like an abdication of responsibility,” said Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.), the second-ranking Republican senator.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), photographed at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 30, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) added that any business that shut down abruptly “would go bankrupt. Actually, by definition they would be bankrupt. So, I think you have to avoid shutdowns at all costs.”
Up against a Dec. 8 spending deadline, House Republican leaders on Friday are expected to unveil a measure to extend current funding until Dec. 22, said multiple aides, who were granted anonymity to describe private deliberations. If talks on a longer-term deal to fund the government are not resolved by that time, GOP leaders are prepared to pursue another stopgap plan that would kick the talks into January, the aides said.
GOP leaders know they will probably need Democrats to help pass any spending bill because of potential opposition from House conservatives and because Senate Democrats can filibuster spending legislation.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday that Congress will pass a short-term bill, “to keep talks going. Hopefully, people will decide to participate in these talks.”
Trump has waffled on the idea of a shutdown in the past. In the spring, he tweeted that he would like a “good” government shutdown and thought it would be useful to him. This fall, he mused to others in a White House meeting that he thought the debt ceiling — often used as a negotiating point in complex spending talks — should be ended for good and has told advisers that a shutdown could make the administration look impotent.
Initially, Trump loved news media coverage of his deal this fall with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that extended government spending and increased the debt limit for three months. The move was heralded by Democrats as a significant victory, while also allowing Republicans to jump-start their debate over tax cuts. In the wake of the deal, Trump even called Schumer and Pelosi to rave about their agreement.
But the more Trump talked to advisers, read polls and watched developments on Capitol Hill, the more he became frustrated that he was “looking like the chump in the deal,” according to one person who spoke to him about the issue, who along with others insisted on anonymity to speak candidly. This time, Trump wants his political base to see him as winning the contest, two advisers said.
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), a lead Democratic negotiator on immigration and spending issues. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg)
Trump’s sudden shift is jeopardizing talks over exactly how much money should be spent by the federal government in the coming years and whether the new agreement might settle long-simmering immigration issues, lawmakers and aides said.
Trump announced in September that he will end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that provides temporary legal protection to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children. If Congress fails to act, those immigrants, commonly known as “dreamers,” face the risk of deportation starting on March 5.
After Trump’s decision, Democrats warned that any support for a new spending plan would rest on whether Republicans agreed to enact permanent protections for dreamers, among other issues. The two parties began talks on a potential compromise that has since stalled.
But Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), a lead negotiator for Democrats, complained this week that Republicans have backed off their initial pledge to broker a compromise. He said he now doubts what he said Trump told him privately on Inauguration Day: “We’re going to take care of those kids.”
“For months, almost a year, he was consistent when it came to this topic. Lately, not so much,” Durbin said in an interview. “But he has a tendency to move back and forth. We hope we catch him at a good moment.”
Durbin, Cornyn, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and others have been speaking for weeks about a potential deal. Republicans presented Durbin with plans drafted mostly by Cornyn that would make changes to border security, bolster immigration enforcement, revamp the E-Verify employment verification program and put limits on some forms of chain migration.
Durbin called the GOP proposal “a disappointment,” noting that the more than 400 pages of proposals included a new definition of an asylum seeker — a legal issue settled by an international treaty.
“That’s way beyond border security that they’re talking about,” he said.
Multiple GOP aides confirmed the details of the talks, but said Democrats have yet to present a counteroffer.
“By threatening to shut down the government and refusing to negotiate, Sen. Durbin is jeopardizing the fate of DACA recipients,” said a senior GOP aide, insisting on anonymity to speak frankly about the talks.
Inside the White House, Trump’s aides are trying to schedule a bipartisan meeting for next week with Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Schumer and Pelosi, according to a White House official with knowledge of the effort. Democrats backed out of a Tuesday meeting with Trump hours after he tweeted that he doubted he would be able to reach a spending deal with Democrats in part because of their position on immigration.
Part of the delay is driven by a focus at the White House and in GOP congressional leadership offices on the party’s tax plans. Several GOP congressional aides said in recent days that the contours of a spending deal likely won’t come together until the Senate has cleared a tax bill and negotiations begin with the House on a final compromise.
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who has golfed with Trump in recent weeks, said he believes Trump is committed to averting a shutdown.
“North Korea is looming large,” Graham said. “We’d look like crazy people to shut down the government in light of all of our problems.”
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) added that any business that shut down abruptly “would go bankrupt. Actually, by definition they would be bankrupt. So, I think you have to avoid shutdowns at all costs.”
Up against a Dec. 8 spending deadline, House Republican leaders on Friday are expected to unveil a measure to extend current funding until Dec. 22, said multiple aides, who were granted anonymity to describe private deliberations. If talks on a longer-term deal to fund the government are not resolved by that time, GOP leaders are prepared to pursue another stopgap plan that would kick the talks into January, the aides said.
GOP leaders know they will probably need Democrats to help pass any spending bill because of potential opposition from House conservatives and because Senate Democrats can filibuster spending legislation.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday that Congress will pass a short-term bill, “to keep talks going. Hopefully, people will decide to participate in these talks.”
Trump has waffled on the idea of a shutdown in the past. In the spring, he tweeted that he would like a “good” government shutdown and thought it would be useful to him. This fall, he mused to others in a White House meeting that he thought the debt ceiling — often used as a negotiating point in complex spending talks — should be ended for good and has told advisers that a shutdown could make the administration look impotent.
Initially, Trump loved news media coverage of his deal this fall with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that extended government spending and increased the debt limit for three months. The move was heralded by Democrats as a significant victory, while also allowing Republicans to jump-start their debate over tax cuts. In the wake of the deal, Trump even called Schumer and Pelosi to rave about their agreement.
But the more Trump talked to advisers, read polls and watched developments on Capitol Hill, the more he became frustrated that he was “looking like the chump in the deal,” according to one person who spoke to him about the issue, who along with others insisted on anonymity to speak candidly. This time, Trump wants his political base to see him as winning the contest, two advisers said.
Trump’s sudden shift is jeopardizing talks over exactly how much money should be spent by the federal government in the coming years and whether the new agreement might settle long-simmering immigration issues, lawmakers and aides said.
Trump announced in September that he will end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that provides temporary legal protection to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children. If Congress fails to act, those immigrants, commonly known as “dreamers,” face the risk of deportation starting on March 5.
After Trump’s decision, Democrats warned that any support for a new spending plan would rest on whether Republicans agreed to enact permanent protections for dreamers, among other issues. The two parties began talks on a potential compromise that has since stalled.
But Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), a lead negotiator for Democrats, complained this week that Republicans have backed off their initial pledge to broker a compromise. He said he now doubts what he said Trump told him privately on Inauguration Day: “We’re going to take care of those kids.”
“For months, almost a year, he was consistent when it came to this topic. Lately, not so much,” Durbin said in an interview. “But he has a tendency to move back and forth. We hope we catch him at a good moment.”
Durbin, Cornyn, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and others have been speaking for weeks about a potential deal. Republicans presented Durbin with plans drafted mostly by Cornyn that would make changes to border security, bolster immigration enforcement, revamp the E-Verify employment verification program and put limits on some forms of chain migration.
Durbin called the GOP proposal “a disappointment,” noting that the more than 400 pages of proposals included a new definition of an asylum seeker — a legal issue settled by an international treaty.
“That’s way beyond border security that they’re talking about,” he said.
Multiple GOP aides confirmed the details of the talks, but said Democrats have yet to present a counteroffer.
“By threatening to shut down the government and refusing to negotiate, Sen. Durbin is jeopardizing the fate of DACA recipients,” said a senior GOP aide, insisting on anonymity to speak frankly about the talks.
Inside the White House, Trump’s aides are trying to schedule a bipartisan meeting for next week with Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Schumer and Pelosi, according to a White House official with knowledge of the effort. Democrats backed out of a Tuesday meeting with Trump hours after he tweeted that he doubted he would be able to reach a spending deal with Democrats in part because of their position on immigration.
Part of the delay is driven by a focus at the White House and in GOP congressional leadership offices on the party’s tax plans. Several GOP congressional aides said in recent days that the contours of a spending deal likely won’t come together until the Senate has cleared a tax bill and negotiations begin with the House on a final compromise.
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who has golfed with Trump in recent weeks, said he believes Trump is committed to averting a shutdown.
“North Korea is looming large,” Graham said. “We’d look like crazy people to shut down the government in light of all of our problems.”
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Russia some bytches helping North Korea with that Nuke
fukk THE GOLDWATER RULE...PSYCHIATRISTS ARE OFFICIALLY QUESTIONING TRUMP'S MENTAL STATE!!!
Psychiatrists Warn About Trump’s Mental State
NOV. 30, 2017
President Trump at a Navajo Veterans’ event in the White House this week. Susan Walsh/Associated Press
To the Editor:
I am the editor of “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President.” We represent a much larger number of concerned mental health professionals who have come forward to warn against the president’s psychological instability and the dangers it poses. We now number in the thousands.
We are currently witnessing more than his usual state of instability — in fact, a pattern of decompensation: increasing loss of touch with reality, marked signs of volatility and unpredictable behavior, and an attraction to violence as a means of coping. These characteristics place our country and the world at extreme risk of danger.
Ordinarily, we carry out a routine process for treating people who are dangerous: containment, removal from access to weapons and an urgent evaluation. We have been unable to do so because of Mr. Trump’s status as president. But the power of the presidency and the type of arsenal he has access to should raise greater alarm, not less.
We urge the public and the lawmakers of this country to push for an urgent evaluation of the president, for which we are in the process of developing a separate but independent expert panel, capable of meeting and carrying out all medical standards of care.
BANDY X. LEE, NEW HAVEN
The writer is a forensic psychiatrist at the Yale School of Medicine.
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Psychiatrists Warn About Trump’s Mental State
NOV. 30, 2017
President Trump at a Navajo Veterans’ event in the White House this week. Susan Walsh/Associated Press
To the Editor:
I am the editor of “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President.” We represent a much larger number of concerned mental health professionals who have come forward to warn against the president’s psychological instability and the dangers it poses. We now number in the thousands.
We are currently witnessing more than his usual state of instability — in fact, a pattern of decompensation: increasing loss of touch with reality, marked signs of volatility and unpredictable behavior, and an attraction to violence as a means of coping. These characteristics place our country and the world at extreme risk of danger.
Ordinarily, we carry out a routine process for treating people who are dangerous: containment, removal from access to weapons and an urgent evaluation. We have been unable to do so because of Mr. Trump’s status as president. But the power of the presidency and the type of arsenal he has access to should raise greater alarm, not less.
We urge the public and the lawmakers of this country to push for an urgent evaluation of the president, for which we are in the process of developing a separate but independent expert panel, capable of meeting and carrying out all medical standards of care.
BANDY X. LEE, NEW HAVEN
The writer is a forensic psychiatrist at the Yale School of Medicine.
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ERIK PRINCE CONFIRMS MET ANOTHER UNNAMED RUSSIAN IN THE SEYCHELLES IN PRIVATE HEARING
Erik Prince details Seychelles meeting with Russian banker
Washington (CNN) Blackwater founder Erik Prince testified to House lawmakers that he met the head of a Russian investment fund earlier this year -- but he insisted it was not part of an effort to set up a Russian backchannel with the Trump administration, multiple sources told CNN.
In private testimony Thursday, Prince informed the House Intelligence Committee that he met in the Seychelles with Kirill Dmitriev, who is the chief executive of the state-run Russian Direct Investment Fund, at the request of the United Arab Emirates to discuss business opportunities. The meeting on the island in the Indian Ocean, he said, lasted roughly 20 minutes after dinner over a beer.
Prince insisted he did not have the meeting at the request of the Trump administration, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
Prince has come under scrutiny after it was reported that the January meeting was an apparent effort to set up a backchannel Russian communication with the Trump administration, and that senior Trump officials had authorized the meeting.
But Prince downplayed his ties to the Trump's team, merely saying he was a Trump donor and had met the President on only one occasion, the sources said. CNN has previously reported that Prince met with members of Trump's incoming national security team during the presidential transition, and that he boasted about his influence in the Trump orbit around that same time.
Prince also railed against the Obama administration for unmasking the identities of individuals in intelligence reports, suggesting he knew the identities of the individuals who did the unmasking, the sources said.
Multiple sources said the roughly three-hour meeting was hostile, as Prince repeatedly expressed his disdain for the panel.
Prince told reporters after the interview that the committee had wasted his time and taxpayer dollars on a fishing expedition.
"I think Congressman Schiff should apologize for wasting all of our time, wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on a meaningless fishing expedition," Prince said, referring to California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the committee.
Prince appeared without a lawyer because he didn't need one, and he has not been contacted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, he said.
Dmitriev was first connected to Prince's trip in the Seychelles earlier this week by The Intercept, which cited flight records.
Dmitriev runs the Russia Direct Investment Fund, the state-financed sovereign wealth fund that manages foreign investments and seeks to boost the Russian economy and is under US sanctions.
After the 2016 presidential election, Dmitriev told CNN that Trump would be good for the Russian economy and that a Trump presidency "offers more opportunity for global growth." In public interviews, Dmitriev has defended Russian President Vladimir Putin's leadership and Russian policy toward Ukraine. He speaks fluent English and holds degrees from Harvard University and Stanford University.
In a statement provided to CNN earlier in the week, RDIF insisted it does not "engage in any political activities."
"The fund operates purely on a commercial basis, providing our co-investors with attractive and stable returns."
Prince's testimony is being was conducted in a closed session, but the committee plans to release a transcript of the interview.
Prince's Seychelles meeting is one of numerous threads the congressional committees are investigating as part of their probe into Russian 2016 election meddling, as he is one of at least 12 Trump associates who had contacts with Russians during the campaign or transition.
Prince told CNN's Erin Burnett in August that he didn't remember the name of the Russian businessman but that he was "some fund manager." Prince said the meeting was solely about his personal business dealings and that the conversation "probably lasted as long as one beer."
He denied any wrongdoing and anyone on Trump's team asked him to take the meeting. CNN previously reported that the purpose of the meeting, held weeks before Trump's inauguration, was to arrange a possible backchannel of communication between the Kremlin and the incoming administration.
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fukk THE GOLDWATER RULE...PSYCHIATRISTS ARE OFFICIALLY QUESTIONING TRUMP'S MENTAL STATE!!!
Psychiatrists Warn About Trump’s Mental State
NOV. 30, 2017
President Trump at a Navajo Veterans’ event in the White House this week. Susan Walsh/Associated Press
To the Editor:
I am the editor of “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President.” We represent a much larger number of concerned mental health professionals who have come forward to warn against the president’s psychological instability and the dangers it poses. We now number in the thousands.
We are currently witnessing more than his usual state of instability — in fact, a pattern of decompensation: increasing loss of touch with reality, marked signs of volatility and unpredictable behavior, and an attraction to violence as a means of coping. These characteristics place our country and the world at extreme risk of danger.
Ordinarily, we carry out a routine process for treating people who are dangerous: containment, removal from access to weapons and an urgent evaluation. We have been unable to do so because of Mr. Trump’s status as president. But the power of the presidency and the type of arsenal he has access to should raise greater alarm, not less.
We urge the public and the lawmakers of this country to push for an urgent evaluation of the president, for which we are in the process of developing a separate but independent expert panel, capable of meeting and carrying out all medical standards of care.
BANDY X. LEE, NEW HAVEN
The writer is a forensic psychiatrist at the Yale School of Medicine.
@DonKnock @SJUGrad13 @88m3 @wire28 @smitty22 @Reality @fact @Hood Critic @ExodusNirvana @Blessed Is the Man @THE MACHINE @OneManGang @dtownreppin214 @JKFrazier @tmonster @blotter @BigMoneyGrip @Soymuscle Mike @.r. @GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy! @Cali_livin @GnauzBookOfRhymes @Dracudiddy
Oh now cacs concerned?
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@ineedsleep212 I thought that was kinda already made public before, but I guess they have a lil more info in this article. Regardless, no shyt.
These damn Hill articles and their BREAKING headlines
