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    Default "Trump shares article blasting federal workers, calling for long shutdown"

    "President Trump on Monday shared an op-ed from a writer claiming to be an anonymous senior member of his administration who harshly criticizes federal workers as disloyal to the White House and worthy of losing their jobs."

    "The writer of the op-ed, published by conservative news site The Daily Caller, argues the partial government shutdown is an opportunity for Trump to greatly reduce the size of government."

    "If the shutdown proves that government is better when smaller, focusing only on essential functions that serve Americans, then President Trump will achieve something great that Reagan was only bold enough to dream."

    "The writer of the op-ed, headlined "I'm a Senior Trump Official and I Hope a Long Shutdown Smokes out the Resistance," is described by website as a senior official in the Trump administration “whose identity is known to us and whose career would be jeopardized by its disclosure.”

    https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-long-shutdown

    Now what do you think the probability is that this "anonymous" op ed was not only authored by the White House but directed and approved in the Oval Office? Defends Trump for continuing the shutdown, appears on Tucker Carlson's website, and appeals subliminally to the right's view of the Federal bureaucracy. Everything in Trump's world is orchestrated, all aimed to play conservatives, and muddle the facts

    And it wasn't that long ago that Trump told us he hated and ignored "anonymous" sources

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    I hope to see it shut down for a long, long time. Make permanent cuts.
    The Truth Does Not Need To Be Supported With Censorship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evmetro View Post
    I hope to see it shut down for a long, long time. Make permanent cuts.
    As I noted earlier, ironic how the Trumpkins tell us the border is a national emergency but they don't have any problem not paying the border guards working that border.

    Along with TSA agents, US Marshalls, FBI Agents, Federal Prison Guards, Forest Fire Fighters, the Coast Guard, and an array of other security based employees assigned with keeping the country safe

    And you see this as a good thing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    As I noted earlier, ironic how the Trumpkins tell us the border is a national emergency but they don't have any problem not paying the border guards working that border.

    Along with TSA agents, US Marshalls, FBI Agents, Federal Prison Guards, Forest Fire Fighters, the Coast Guard, and an array of other security based employees assigned with keeping the country safe

    And you see this as a good thing?
    Haven’t seen anything bad happen 25 days in

    I was told that after 30 days they can be laid off. I hope that is true.

    If you want to stop it then tell Nancy and Chuck to cough up $5 billion

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    I like the thing about layoffs after 30 days. Let's downsize!
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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    "President Trump on Monday shared an op-ed from a writer claiming to be an anonymous senior member of his administration who harshly criticizes federal workers as disloyal to the White House and worthy of losing their jobs."

    "The writer of the op-ed, published by conservative news site The Daily Caller, argues the partial government shutdown is an opportunity for Trump to greatly reduce the size of government."

    "If the shutdown proves that government is better when smaller, focusing only on essential functions that serve Americans, then President Trump will achieve something great that Reagan was only bold enough to dream."

    "The writer of the op-ed, headlined "I'm a Senior Trump Official and I Hope a Long Shutdown Smokes out the Resistance," is described by website as a senior official in the Trump administration “whose identity is known to us and whose career would be jeopardized by its disclosure.”

    https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-long-shutdown

    Now what do you think the probability is that this "anonymous" op ed was not only authored by the White House but directed and approved in the Oval Office? Defends Trump for continuing the shutdown, appears on Tucker Carlson's website, and appeals subliminally to the right's view of the Federal bureaucracy. Everything in Trump's world is orchestrated, all aimed to play conservatives, and muddle the facts

    And it wasn't that long ago that Trump told us he hated and ignored "anonymous" sources
    you may recall Bannon called for the 'deconstruction of the administrative state' right after the election 'victory'

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    Quote Originally Posted by I Love America View Post
    Haven’t seen anything bad happen 25 days in

    I was told that after 30 days they can be laid off. I hope that is true.

    If you want to stop it then tell Nancy and Chuck to cough up $5 billion
    Oh, so now you want to lay off border guards securing the border Trump says is a national emergency, in what world does that make sense?

    And they aren't laying off rather calling back to work personnel previously furloughed, without pay of course, Trump world

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    Quote Originally Posted by I Love America View Post
    If you want to stop it then tell Nancy and Chuck to cough up $5 billion
    ...which amounts to .12% of the Federal Budget. Who falls on their sword over trivial amounts like that? Morons?
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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    King deplorable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    ...which amounts to .12% of the Federal Budget. Who falls on their sword over trivial amounts like that? Morons?
    Seemingly Trump, and it is over ego not even "trival amounts"

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    The article meanders too much, but here is what Trump is concerned with ( the re-tweet):

    “Most of my career colleagues actively work against the president’s agenda. This means I typically spend about 15 percent of my time on the president’s agenda and 85 percent of my time trying to stop sabotage, and we have no power to get rid of them,” the op-ed states. “Until the shutdown.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Seemingly Trump, and it is over ego not even "trival amounts"
    Since when does Congress refuse to work with a President because they don't like his ego you flaming lunatic?
    "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."


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