Digs In

NY Times: Trump Digs In, Darkening Hopes for a Deal to End the Shutdown

Yours truly wrote a comment on this article on the NY Times site. Here it is -

"After two unbearable years with the GOP in control of the House, the Senate, and the presidency, there's no funding for 'the wall'. The GOP itself while completely in charge of the entire federal government, recognized that 'the wall' was a boondoggle, a waste of funds, a worthless idea and consequently they did not fund 'the wall'. Now with the Democrats poised to take back the house in four days, 'the wall' is somehow according to Trump and the GOP, the Democrats problem, fault, and responsibility. Clearly the only people who resonate with Trump's less than clear and less than rational explanations are his beloved base. The vast majority of Americans know better, this mess lies completely in the hands of Donald Trump. What really burns the majority of Americans though, are the steady stream of lies coming from Trump and his minions. Trump and company without the least little bit of conscience, conflate all border security with 'the wall', all terrorism and potential terrorism with 'the wall', all that is bad and scary in America with ' the wall', as if a 15th Century BC outdated ridiculous idea could somehow or other fix it all. How stunning, how truly disingenuous, how amazingly despicable this spectacle has become. Once upon a time America was the leader in ingenuity and brain power, yet in two short years we are a laughing stock ruled by the political and vane whims of modern troglodytes. We can do better, I just know it."