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“President Trump just got a massive win in Congress. After he blocked the Swamp 1,500+ page version, he got a clean version without the 40% pay raises and without the most of the other junk like NFL stadium and vaccine mandates.
“More importantly, he secured legitimate funding for disaster aid for farmers and states affected by the hurricanes. He cut the bill from 1,500 pages to less than 150. Trump also removed J6 Committee immunity and blocked funding for the State Department censorship department.”
It is only fitting that after the 2020 steal, Trump gets a few extra months this time as president.”
Wall Street Mav
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the Battle of the Continuing Resolution was a huge win for President Trump—bigger than any legislative victory he had in his first term.
This outcome bodes well for finally draining the swamp. As Limbaugh said many years ago, spending money is what congressmen and senators do. Trump showed them they need a co-signer—him.
Democrats used their old trick on spending. They stick all the pork in one piece of legislation and wait until the Christmas break to vote. If it doesn’t pass, the government shuts down and Republicans catch all the blame.
Trump had an ace in the hole. He’s not president. Sure, shut the government down and FJB and Democrats get the blame. He even said shut it down until he is president in 30 days.
Those calling for Mike Johnson’s head don’t understand that this was his doing. He had agreed to a 1,500-page bill only to have it crash and burn as he knew it would. Plan B failed. Plan C succeeded.
Trump trusts Johnson. I see no reason not to. When you expect perfection, you only guarantee disappointment.
Musk’s cry of primarying the obstructionists has tightened sphincters in both parties because they all have a Harriet Hageman in their district awaiting the call up to the major leagues.
The swamp critters and RINOs played Trump repeatedly in his first term. This time around, he knows how to beat them at their own game.
As he did this week.
Don Surber
https://donsurber.substack.com/p/highlights-of-the-week-c5b#poll-248650
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Sometimes its OK to Take the “W”
“Those calling for Mike Johnson’s head don’t understand that this was his doing. He had agreed to a 1,500-page bill only to have it crash and burn as he knew it would. ”
Inside Baseball, DC Beltway style.
We probably should never find out. If he “knew”, then key allies should have been tipped off. Trump in particular. And then, they should be keeping QUIET about it. So that MJ can keep playing, and not be singled out by the Dems. He has to play poker WELL. That’s his job.
CM and I both speculated that this was possible. We couldn’t KNOW.
Maybe we never do.
If Trump trusts MJ, then the two of them talk tactical as much as about policy itself. Trump plays the tactical game. MJ either plays too, or he’s gone.