Donald Trump says he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats to reopen the government, making clear that he has no plans to negotiate as the government shutdown will soon enter its sixth week.
In an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday, Trump said that Democrats who are demanding an extension in health care subsidies “have lost their way” and predicted that they will eventually capitulate to Republicans who have said they won’t negotiate until they vote to reopen the government.
“I think they have to,” Trump said. “And if they don’t vote, it’s their problem.”
Trump’s comments signal that the shutdown could continue to drag on for some time as federal workers, including air traffic controllers, are set to miss additional paychecks and as there is uncertainty over whether 42 million Americans who received federal food aid will be able to access the assistance. Senate Democrats have now voted 13 times against reopening the government, insisting that they need Trump and Republicans to negotiate with them first on an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year.
1 in 8 people are about to be shunted out of assistance and in to the worst inflated grocery market Ive seen in my lifetime. You know what happens when people are hungey? They get desperate.
Desperate enough to riot and he is counting on it.
Oh, the guy that half of the voting populace were conned into thinking he’s good at making deals is refusing to make any kind of deal whatsoever?
A boomer told me Trump wants the shutdown to be 47 days because he’s the 47th president, and it’s stupid enough I believe it could be possible.
Oh my god. Someone I know that works at a prison told me he thinks he shutdown will end by the middle of November, are you telling me that THIS is the reason why he said that? It’s so bizarre, it’s probably true. SMH.
If any democrats cave to their Healthcare plans or any other rediculous shit the republicans have planned, I’m not voting for those democrats. The democrats needs to grow some balls, cuz I’m tired of them giving in and chuck Schumer writing strong letters.
Frankly, I doubt he even actually writes the letters. Even his toothless threat is probably empty.
I hope one of his cankles explode.
Ignoring the demands of the masses and having a lavish lifestyle while everyone else is starving.
This guy is on track for pulling a Louis XVI.
Translation: I won’t do my job
RIP USA the rate things are going. Good luck brothers, sisters and everyone in-between.
Theydies and gentlethem. Kings and Queens and In-Betweens.
But yeah, a lot of people are gonna die, and I’m not sure whether that’s from resistance to this or punishment for not bowing hard enough fast enough.
We had one black president and a third of the country lost their fucking minds, put a fascist in charge, and nuked our standing on the world stage now and forevermore. Hard times are coming, and that third deserves worse than they’ll get, another third won’t realize what’s happened for weeks, and the final third will be the “alarmists” saying I fucking told you so.
I won’t be extorted into stop being a criminal
Okay Boomer
He’s about to break, I guess. Didn’t take long, did it?
He prefers to be the extorter, not the extortee.
That statement is just proof that trump extorts everyone and anyone he can.
Hot digity damn!!!
Trump is always lying so a deal must be close because he is about to cave
This must be the “art of the deal” I’ve heard so much about.
Tonight @ 9: Clinical narcissist talks about how something relates to him instead of the 330 million people he represents.
