Let's talk about Trump's chicken and waffles on his signature threat almost immediately.... - Belle of the Ranch

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Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about Trump chicken and waffles on his signature threat almost immediately.

Trump recently made a threat to withhold his signature from any legislation until the SAVE Act is passed. We talked about how Congress was secretly laughing at his nonsensical threat. If you don't know, Trump isn't a king. His ascent is not required. If he doesn't sign a bill, it becomes law after 10 days. It's not a threat.

The reaction to Trump's temper tantrum in the Senate was frankly pretty funny. Trump needs Senate Majority Leader John Thune to alter the rules of the Senate and nuke the filibuster to get the votes needed for Trump's bill aimed at making it harder to vote.

Thune said, and I'm not joking, this is a real quote. "Yeah, that's not going to happen." He went on, "The President clearly is very interested in getting the SAVE America bill up and voted on, although he wants a modified version of it and so, we'll do our best to do that. But the one thing I've said all along is and I've told him and others that I can't guarantee an outcome. I can't guarantee a result. If the result is only achieved by nuking the legislative filibuster, we don't have the votes to do that and so that's not a, that's just not a realistic option.”

As promised, Thune looks like he's moving forward with something next week without a rules change. But it gets better. People started pointing out the potential legislation he would be refusing to sign. Things like DHS funding or supplemental military funding for the war he started. Imagine being sent to fight a war to distract from a failing economy, failing policies, and the Epstein files only to get over there and the same guy who started the war refuses to sign the funding needed to fight it?

As soon as this was pointed out, the Trump administration had a full course meal of taco, chicken, and waffles and crow. An administration officials said, “The President was referring to other bills, not DHS funding.” Then went on to say that if that was sent to Trump's desk, “the President will of course fund the agency.”

So, in other words, his big threat is completely meaningless. It was a bunch of bluster aimed at people who haven't read the Constitution and who don't understand politics. What he really meant is that he wouldn't sign things he didn't agree with, which has always been the case. Trump's ultimatums to his own party are being laughed at. No wonder he hasn't gotten anywhere with Putin or Iran. When a President's own party is laughing at him and saying flat out, "Yeah, that's not going to happen." Well, how much lame could a lame duck lame if a lame duck could duck lame?

Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.