Shortly after both houses of Congress passed a bill ending the brief government shutdown which began at midnight, President Donald Trump signed the legislation and then grabbed his cell phone so he could tweet out this:
Without more Republicans in Congress, we were forced to increase spending on things we do not like or want in order to finally, after many years of depletion, take care of our Military. Sadly, we needed some Dem votes for passage. Must elect more Republicans in 2018 Election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2018
Don’t Republicans control both the House and Senate? If Trump is such a great deal maker and has a majority in Congress, he should be able to pass just about any legislation he wants.
Minutes after the first tweet, Trump sent out another, but this time it sounded like he was pleased with parts the spending bill:
Costs on non-military lines will never come down if we do not elect more Republicans in the 2018 Election, and beyond. This Bill is a BIG VICTORY for our Military, but much waste in order to get Dem votes. Fortunately, DACA not included in this Bill, negotiations to start now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2018
Clearly, Trump wanted to increase military spending to levels never seen before, but funds allocated to things like healthcare, children, and programs that help the neediest people in the country are nothing but a waste of money in his mind. As for DACA, why doesn’t he merely send a draft bill to Congress and negotiate from there?
It almost seems as if Trump is trying to distract from the real problems facing his administration: The resignation of staff secretary Rob Porter, who allegedly beat both of his ex-wives; huge losses by the stock market this week; the Russia investigation.
Trump got plenty of feedback from other Twitter users:
Wait, so you are saying it's sad that we need bipartisanship in order to get laws passed?
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 9, 2018
There will be less republicans after next mid-term and general election. And it's all because of you. You are letting the party and country down in front of others.
— John K (@Johncsprings) February 9, 2018
"Forced to increase spending on things we do not like or want"?????
Like on a #MilitaryParade?— sofi (@sofi76) February 9, 2018
It’s called compromise. Every president before you seemed capable of doing that to some extent. Please leave.
— Kiel T Schmidt (@kieltfs) February 9, 2018
No parade for cadet bone spurs pic.twitter.com/IXVkc8SbGE
— Kris McDade (@moondance0760) February 9, 2018
Good luck with that you dummy. You will be gone by the 2018 elections. You do realize it is only a matter of time. You are a ridiculous joke, a laughing stock to the world. More than that, you are a deceitful, immoral criminal. You are going down – Big Time!
— Common Sense Must Prevail (@MrTruth69) February 9, 2018
As with most things Trump tweets, give it 24 hours and he’ll probably post the exact opposite of what he said today. But he’ll likely have to do so between rounds of golf at Mar-a-Lago.
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