Government Shutdown

[classicdrogn]

So if you and i are supposed to negotiate over something, and then you refuse to even negotiate and openly state that you will not budge, then me leaving because i have more important things to do than sit there and sling rhetoric and provide you with a photo op is MY FAULT? explain this to me please

This applies to both sides, you realize? But really, the problem is that both sides were insisting on mutually exclusive core positions, wall vs. no wall and then over ending the shutdown without addressing that, so there was no common ground to compromise over. While I'm not in favor of the wall by any means and think offering a temporary restoration of the policies Trump himself previously revoked in exchange is disingenuous and despicable, taking the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of families hostage to try to extort political concessions is a much bigger problem, and his demonstrated willingness to change his tune depending on who he's talking to (or what the talk show host he listened to that morning said) and walk out on previous commitments means it's impossible to cut a deal with him and expect it to hold anyway. The fact that he has said he's willing to go straight back to a shutdown if, once again, his six billion dollar boondoggle is not handed over in full is just another example of what has already been proven beyond any reasonable standard, that Trump is utterly unfit to be head of a junior high debate team let alone a head of state.