TRUMP TREATENS TO SHUT ENTIRE SOUTHERN BORDER | CNN 12/28 | 10:16

<Dana

>Day 7 of the shutdown and neither side is giving in and POTUS now threatens to completely seal off the southern border and keep the government closed if funding is not provided for the wall.

>Sarah Sanders says POTUS has been busy making calls all morning

>May not be going to Mar-a-Lago but still taking plenty of breaks to get on twitter

<Jessica Dean

>POTUS was supposed to spend Christmas and New Years in Mar-a-Lago but is remaining here during the shutdown and neither side is close on negotiations.

<POTUS twat:'….The United States looses soooo much money on Trade with Mexico under NAFTA, over 75 Billion Dollars a year (not including Drug Money which would be many times that amount), that I would consider closing the Southern Border a "profit making operation." We build a wall or….. …..close the Southern Border. Bring our car industry back into the United States where it belongs. Go back to pre-NAFTA, before so many of our companies and jobs were so foolishly sent to Mexico. Either we build (finish) the Wall or we close the Border……"

>White House found its strategy, blame Nancy Pelosi for the shutdown.

<All comes down to her Speakership, she does not have the votes and if she cuts any deal before Jan 3rd she's at risk to lose it. In this for the long haul.

>Cannot be seen by her party as weak.

>Pelosi has the votes, said Dems have offered three options to keep the government open that provided strong sensible border security but not POTUS' immoral, ineffective and expensive wall.

>Another new strategy, keep POTUS contained in DC.

<POTUS has cancelled Christmas and New Years plans and will remain in DC during the duration of the shutdown. FLOTUS is at Mar-a-Lago with their son causing POTUS to twat that he was lonely.

>We know POTUS has been busy making calls and having meetings but no movement on the shutdown.

<Bill Kristol, is this just twitter talk?

>Yes, but at the end of the day POTUS has moved from speaking irrationally to acting irrationally.

>Who knows what he'll do next.

<What do you think Alice Stewart?

>I voted for POTUS but not thinking this would happen.

>Supporters must be really scratching their heads wondering what happened to the "art of the deal" maker.

>Not coming through with DACA deal, not taking the other deals Dems offered, not getting Mexico to pay for the wall

>Now the talk of closing the border and this new caravan. All confidence is gone in this "deal-maker"

<You mention the caravan, we've seen this movie before and it's just flashing lights to his base to stay with him, what do you think Symone Sanders?

Now they're admitting to the caravan? Eleanor Clift said earlier on MSNBC that the caravan was mystical and non-existant >>4499153 (pb)

>You're exactly right, just immigration scare tactics. It didn't work. Sent a Dem majority to the House

>In November Trump shutdown the busiest port between the US and Mexico, these aren't idle threats.

>Tangible things on the table if people would stop kowtowing to the tantrums by POTUS

<You say tangible things, here's a WaPo opinion about getting funding by legalizing DACA Dreamers. Previous attempts have been made but they fell apart, Nina Turner, what do you think?

>POTUS can't be relied on for any kind of deal.

>Dems must hold strong. Need REAL reform.

>Provide holistic border security, not just a wall as a bone to toss to his base

>Recent migrant deaths and how poor they are… POTUS needs to stop attacking them

<Alice jumps in with a comment

>You say base appeasement. Both sides agree on the need for a secure border and Dems have agreed in the past on a border fence… this is just political posturing to appease their base because it's "Trump's wall"

<Bill jumps in with a question

>What about Senate Republicans? They've largely gotten along with POTUS but with everything happening lately…

<Symone jumps in

>NOBODY wants the wall, except Trump.

>Dems need to hold firm and not give in to Trump's tantrums.

<Nina closes out

>No, Congress and POTUS need to do their jobs and get comprehensive immigration reform done. Holistic border security and a fix for DACA.