"It’s their fault. Everything is their fault."

A malignant narcissist's mantra.

All they have to do is say, ‘Let’s go. Let’s open up our country.’ And everything snaps back into shape.

Except it doesn't. There's several cuts that have been made to the budget. While ACA has been the most visible because of the Democrat's demands. There are cuts that will remove 3 million people from SNAP. $300 Billion removed from Federal education grants to various schools around the country, including rural schools that severe small populations.

The ACA cut has been the one that Democrats have really dug in on, but the OBBBA has tons of cuts that are going to affect everyone. And Democrats have been asking since March to have a seat at the table for shaping what was in OBBBA only to have all their motions to bring to the floor denied.

And that's the thing. Everyone knew that Senate Democrats were going to be needed for the coming CR. They knew this all the way back in March. By May House Republicans started shutting out Democrats and Senate Democrats told them what was going to happen if the House kept pushing Democrats out of everything. They knew what was coming and they still did it.

Republicans don't get to do the "my way or the highway thing", even when the ACA went into effect there were Republican riders that were enacted along with it. Build Back Better included plenty of pork projects for red states. Inflation Reduction Act helped out tons of deep red districts. I'm sure everyone remembers the member of Congress who voted against it but then told constituents how great it was going to be.

Democrats help out Republicans, and the OBBBA completely shutting Democrats out of the process isn't how Congress does things. So yeah, Republicans are seeing the result of their choices. And they have the opportunity to make different choices.

Nobody has ever said "no" to him before

Not even his own daughter.

They've never done a thing like this.

Ikr! Like grow a bit more than half a spine!

To be fair, I think everyone is baffled that the Dems haven't caved by now. I didn't think it was possible to regrow a spine.

Trump is delusional and thinks he can bend reality to what he wants to be real.
This type of delusional thinking is very typical in USA, based on the idea that if you want it enough you can make it.
This mantra has become so pervasive that some have begun to believe that you don't even have to do anything to achieve what you want. If the wanting is strong enough, reality will bend to your will.
This is what happens in an anti science society where the mentality is driven by religion and superstition combined with desperation and a wish for ultimate freedom.
The idea is spread for instance through numerous self help books and prosperity gospel.

USA is a society that has gone collectively insane.

PS:
That doesn't mean every American is insane, but as a whole American society is de facto insane. It's obvious to see everyday in the news.

Baffled by Democrats? You mean, the guy that gave this speech was baffled??

https://archive.is/20251028210443/https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-gets-confused-explaining-water-to-the-navy/

He's always baffled, the only thing that gets his full attention are little children. The fucking nonce.

This is, the art of the deal.

I'm sure there is some chapter in the art of the deal that describes something like this that the democrats could quote back to him.

If you can do it once, you can do it again. Even if they went back to work, or pressured the Dems to back down this time, what assurance do the federal workers have that the republicans won't just do it again sometime in the future? It's not even the Dems fault - the RS have had the power to resume business the whole time. Never mind the random furloughing, shutting down of 'nonessentials' and doge creeps running around again? That's just the surface of it.

Well, sure, can't blame him for that. After decades of the weakest appeasement shit imaginable, why wouldn't he expect them to fold? It's what every Democrat has done since Carter - without a single exception.

https://archive.is/20251101212814/https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-baffled-that-dems-arent-caving-to-his-demands/

Look, honestly, I kind of am too. Though for much different reasons.

This is a game of pigeon chess played entirely by pigeons.

If Trump and his cult make the slightest concession the Dems will fold immediately. Then both sides will knock over the remaining pieces and fly back to their flocks to claim victory.

They’re plating politics?

"I don't know what's wrong with them. All they have to do is agree to let us cut funding so that millions of poor Americans won't be able to afford health insurance. All they have to do is say, 'Let's go! Let's fuck over poor Americans to fund tax breaks for billionaires!'"

"They've become crazed lunatics."

Does anyone remember when McConnel broke the Congress and drove it into as much of a dead standstill as possible, during basically all of Obama"s first term?

The Dems grow an iota of a backbone at the actual last possible fucking moment, to attempt to run the clock on an actual fascist takeover, by a convicted felon con artist rapist pedophile treasonous demented fat fuck...

And now the Republicans call this 'lunacy.'

Its maybe 5% of what the Reps did during Obama's first term, in terms of actual political obstructionism.

These racist idiot fucks truly cannot fathom anything other than lying, and naked force and oppression, and they appear to be actually baffled by even the idea that anyone could use a very, very mild version of their own tactics against them.

They truly have no conception of nor capacity to actually negotiate anything.

Their idea of negotiation is dictation from a position of overwhelming superiority, and then every underhanded lie, dirty trick and obfuscation possible to ensure they have that overwhelming superiority.

Beat the shit out of your bullies, kids, otherwise they grow up to be Republican politicians.

Aim for the jaw, pretty hard to be a public speaking figure if they physically can't speak.

The Dems have required that any resolution include the requirement that all allocated funds be used as allocated. Which means Trump wouldn't be able to steal them like he has been with illegal impoundment or moving fund to other purposes. That's what the GoP won't negotiate on, and it's really the only reason any Dem would agree to anything getting passed.

I’m baffled that this man wasn’t executed for treason after that insurrection he masterminded.

Honestly I'm baffled the Dems are attempting to have a backbone too. Here's hoping they've finally graduated from whiffle ball to tee-ball.

Maybe, if you can't get the votes for your bill, the problem is your bill?

Up here in Canada we might be facing an election in the near future if the liberal minority government can't get enough votes for it's budget.

"Obstruction is our thing!"

Blackmailer: „why are they not bowing before my insane demands? They must be mad“

Trump, he’s had it with these people, because he knows they’re playing politics

Politicians are playing politics?! 😱

Trump is baffled by many things.

Ooh, one of those rare but oh-so-satisfying situations where a leopard ate his own face?

Dumbass used to people caving. Doesn't have an ounce of sense on how to deal with that.

It's all a distraction and a show for the republican voter base.

The only people still in the GOP now have accepted they are the nazi, pedophile, country destroying, family destroying, inflation causing party. They accept it full on, or they simply don't care about humans enough to really do any research onto what is going on.

For many people, ignoring the issues in front of your face is all they know.

Release the files