Elder Patriot – Great drama at the White House yesterday.
President Trump held an impromptu presser in what amounted to an ambush of incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:
Pelosi tried selling people watching their exchange that Trump couldn’t get the Republican majority in the House to pass funding for the border wall. Trump knows differently:
McCarthy: I’m 100% Sure We Have Votes to Pass $5 Billion in Wall Funding
The president used the exchange to inform viewers that this was how the Globalist UniParty regularly blocks funding for pro-America projects while also making it impossible to defund useless (or worse) programs.
Schumer and Pelosi were so obviously uncomfortable without having the filter of the mainstream media to protect them that their body language spoke volumes.
Apparently, Trump wasn’t going to let these two charlatans game him for a second time.
Harken back to September of 2017 when Trump met with Schumer and Pelosi also about immigration. At that time, Schumer and Pelosi left the meeting and immediately released a statement misrepresenting their discussions with the president in an attempt to commandeer the narrative:
Trump refused to be played back then:
It appears that Trump bided his time, learned more about just how un-American the Pelosi-Schumer agenda is, and laid the perfect retaliatory trap by inviting them to the White House to discuss border security.
Oh, and he had invited the press to live broadcast their negotiations. The result was a delicious smackdown of the two globalist clowns.
Schumer sat slumped realizing he’d be better of keeping quiet. Pelosi groused to the cameras resulting in President Trump chiding her after one of her many objections to the press being present:
“It’s not bad, Nancy. It’s called transparency.”
Trump made no bones about his primary concern – national security – nor the lengths he was willing to go to accomplish that:
“I am proud to shutdown the government for border security. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down, I’m not going to blame you for it.”
Trump’s vehemence left Pelosi and Schumer exasperated, with both leaders pleading with the president not to debate the funding request in front of the news media.
Now why would that be?
Maybe because Chuck Schumer has defined his constituents and it ain’t you:
Le presentamos al presidente dos opciones para mantener abierto el gobierno. Es su decisión aceptar una de esas opciones o cerrar el gobierno.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 11, 2018
And, Trump is focused like a laser on protecting America’s families and American taxpayers.
Could somebody please explain to the Democrats (we need their votes) that our Country losses 250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including the terrible drug flow. Top Border Security, including a Wall, is $25 Billion. Pays for itself in two months. Get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2018
One can already envision the 2020 campaign ads:
The Democrats and President Obama gave Iran 150 Billion Dollars and got nothing, but they can’t give 5 Billion Dollars for National Security and a Wall?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2018
There's nothing partisan about wanting to protect our borders to encourage LEGAL immigration. In 2009, Sen. Chuck Schumer agreed. pic.twitter.com/VU8YnZED0h
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 12, 2018
For decades, Democrats have acknowledged the need for border security—even voting for it in the past. But when it's time to make a deal, they won't come to the table. pic.twitter.com/k1kpRO84QJ
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 12, 2018
Building walls at sections of the border in San Diego, El Paso, Tucson, and Yuma caused illegal traffic to drop by 90% or more in the years that followed.
Numbers talk. Walls work.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 11, 2018
Border security is national security. pic.twitter.com/NSWCUvg99e
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 11, 2018
Trump will get the funding he needs to build the Wall only it won’t be from Mexico, it’ll be from Schumer’s Democrats. Then again, without a scorecard it’s hard to tell the difference.