Ryan, McConnell try to coax Trump away from shutdown -- using props and flattery - Polidicks

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ryan-mcconnell-try-to-coax-trump-away-from-shutdown--using-props/2018/09/07/a13e2f8c-b2b8-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d7848da63a67 The top two Republicans in Congress arrived at the White House this week armed with props aimed at flattering and cajoling President Trump out of shutting down the government at the end of this month. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.) showed the president glossy photos of a wall under construction along the U.S.-Mexico border. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) brought an article from the Washington Examiner that described Trump as brilliantly handling the current budget process, and portrayed the GOP as unified and breaking through years of dysfunction. Their message, according to two people briefed on the meeting: The budget process is going smoothly, the wall is already being built, and there’s no need to shut down the government. Instead, they sought to persuade Trump to put off a fight for more border wall money until after the November midterm elections, promising to try then to get him the outcome he wants, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to reveal details of the private discussion. The visual aids were a subtle but deft attempt to win over a president known to prefer visual imagery over wonky typed handouts, and eager to absorb flattery at a time when the White House is enveloped in chaos. But it could be weeks before it’s clear whether the effort was successful, as the calculated intervention came during another week when Trump showed that he was wrestling with whether to follow GOP leaders’ advice or trust his own, impulsive instincts and the demands of a restive Republican base. “You know, he does what he does,” said Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-Fla.). “We have to take control of ourselves, and we have to put on the table for the president to sign an appropriations package and let him account for his decision.” Since March 1, Trump has said he would happily lead the government into a partial shutdown if lawmakers don’t approve the money he wants for the wall. Earlier this year, Trump grew furious on several mornings when he saw news coverage of a giant spending bill, which was heavily criticized by conservatives for being bloated and stuffed with liberal priorities. “They are crushing me,” Trump told aides, referring to what conservatives on Fox News were saying about him. So Marc Short, then the White House director of legislative affairs, brought the president a list of what the spending package did for Trump’s agenda, according to administration officials. Trump calmed down upon learning more about what was in the bill but told aides that he wanted people to be backing him up on television. Short repeatedly told lawmakers that they needed to get people on TV if they wanted Trump to support the bill — and that it was key to him signing the legislation. Trump was given assurances at the White House meeting Wednesday that he will have GOP support for the wall funding once the midterm elections are over, said Sen. John Thune ( R-S.D.). “If you don’t like his view on something, wait 24 hours,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “There’s no particular reason to rely on any position he’s taken, and so the smartest thing we can do is put together bipartisan bills that have enough support in the legislative branch and put good bills on his desk.”

I doubt it will happen, but if Trump accidentally sabotages his own party's plan to sabotage the Democrats, I will laugh my ass off.

I hope Trump shuts the government down in a tantrum for wall funding again, right before the midterms. Republican-controlled executive, Republican-controlled legislature, government still shuts down multiple times in two years. It'd cement the notion that Republicans are incapable of governing in the minds of independents, if they don't already believe it.

Hahaha holy shit the US president needs to be shown pictures of walls and articles praising him to stop him throwing a fucking fit. Literal CHILDREN are held to higher standards than the leader of America.

My sons almost three and takes criticism better than this gibbering hooligan

plea-please stop laughing at u.s i-its a very sensitive subject

I wouldn't act so smug, another blonde idiot is currently attempting to gain power in YOUR country Also, pls no bully.

They have a moral requirement to ruin the United States for profit.

The President of the United States apparently needs to be coddled like a child but liberals are the ones who need safe spaces.

The only thing stopping us getting someone like this currently is that May's role in drinking the posioned chalice is not yet done.

Doth thou doubt the teachings of St. Hypocrisy? the patron saint of the GOP?

Nah. They legitimately had no idea what they were getting into when they nominated this idiot. He has been just as much a hindrance to their agenda as he has been a help: imagine how much more they could have already accomplished if they had a conventional republican douchebag in office instead of Trump.