{"id":40046,"date":"2018-12-22T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T18:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40046"},"modified":"2018-12-22T10:35:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T18:35:11","slug":"senile-or-surrender-trumps-rambling-tweets-dont-mention-border-wall-funds-to-end-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40046","title":{"rendered":"Senile or Surrender? Trump’s Rambling Tweets Don’t Mention Border Wall Funds to End Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been considerable speculation for the past couple of years about whether Donald Trump is mentally stable<\/a><\/strong> or capable of performing his duties as president. His psychological condition has been questioned by mental health professionals and politicians from across the ideological spectrum. And now as the U.S. government is being shutdown over funding for Trump’s vanity border wall, those questions are getting harder to ignore.<\/p>\n

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In a series of tweets on Saturday morning, the President predictably ranted about the shutdown that he previously took pride in creating<\/a><\/strong>. Even after saying on national television that he would take full responsibility for it, Trump tried to blame the Democrats who had already agreed to a Continuing Resolution with senate Republicans. It was only after wingnut rightist media cranks like Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh and the “Curvy Couch”<\/em> potatoes of Fox and Friends complained that Trump reversed course and reneged on his word to sign the CR. But his morning’s tweetfest might be revealing some weakness in his resolve:<\/p>\n

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I am in the White House, working hard. News reports concerning the Shutdown and Syria are mostly FAKE. We are negotiating with the Democrats on desperately needed Border Security (Gangs, Drugs, Human Trafficking & more) but it could be a long stay. On Syria, we were originally…<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n