Posted on 12/28/2018 10:08:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump remained out of public view Friday as the partial government shutdown reached the one-week mark, content to issue threats via Twitter amid a continuing standoff with Democrats over border wall funding.
Since arriving back at the White House early Thursday from a surprise trip to Iraq, Trump has had no public events, and aides offered few details about his schedule, other than saying the president was working and making phone calls.
In the evening, Trump left the White House for a short ride to Vice President Pence’s residence to join him, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner for a private dinner.
At a time when most of Congress has left town for the holidays despite the budget impasse, Trump has emphasized his decision to cancel a planned vacation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and remain in Washington. But he has chosen not to use this time to engage in substantive negotiations over the budget or seize the public stage and make his case for funding the border wall. Instead, he has filled the silence with a rash of tweets that have blamed Democrats for the shutdown and cast illegal immigration as a threat to the country.
The president’s relatively low profile coincides with Republicans and Democrats digging in for an extended fight, with no breakthrough in sight. Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill said the president remained in touch with GOP leaders, but they said the only tangible talks Friday were between rank-and-file members of the two parties.
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HUH? I thought I just saw POTUS and FLOTUS in Iraq and Germany.
FAKE NEWS.
every year around this time the obamas were partying in hawaii
Who TF cares other than this rag?
Mr. Trump is not expected to be in front of a camera 24/365.
Most presidential duties are most likely done in conference rooms and from behind that historic presidential desk.
David Nakamura is a Democrat.
One day and they start commenting?
I’ve seen him more than I’ve seen McConnell, Ryan, Pelosi or Schumer in current news videos.
Digging in from their vacation locations? Haha! This article is ridiculous.
But he has chosen not to use this time to engage in substantive negotiations over the budget or seize the public stage and make his case for funding the border wall. Instead, he has filled the silence with a rash of tweets that have blamed Democrats for the shutdown and cast illegal immigration as a threat to the country.
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BS. The Dems left town and are refusing to negotiate. Pelosi is vacationing in Hawaii. Trump/FLOTUS visited the troops & Trump has got other things going on in the world besides the government shutdown. He gave up a wonderful Christmas while the Dems & Repubs all got to enjoy theirs at their place of choice. If Trump had left, the press would have been all over him for leaving DC - now that he’s stayed, that doesn’t suit them either. The FAKE NEWS media is befouling themselves with these negative hit pieces on Trump regardless of what he does. It enrages me and not in the way the FAKE media envisions - it makes me angry with them and the Democraps who are trying to overturn an election and I find myself even more supportive and sympathetic to Trump ... and he had my full support when he was inaugurated.
What exactly is he supposed to be doing? Congress is not in session, most everybody who can get out of DC for the holidays is gone, and making phone calls is probably about the best anybody could be doing.
Of course, Nancy P. Is out there tanning her sorry hide on the beach, probably longing for the glory days of Obama’s two-week stays in Hawaii, come hell or high water, every year at Christmas.
I think he ought to go over to the Capitol nd say he’s looking for someone who is working to end the shutdown.
Second paragraph.
Too funny - trying to imply he’s hiding out when it’s exactly the opposite....
The WP is giving out its daily dose of backwards propaganda.
What we have learned on our own is just sickening and is now ‘out there’ in the public because of the President.
One of many threads on pedophilia worldwide.
https://twitter.com/risegopnews_/status/1078787731348770817
And pelosi vacations in Hawaii, oh that’s not the story?
Just more Fake News.
The Fake News claimed Trump didn’t visit the troop at Christmas and now claim he is ohiding since he did visit the troops. Nothing but bigots.
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