Trump Marks Full Month Of Government Shutdown With $3.4 Million Golf Trip To Florida

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump marked the first full month of the ongoing government shutdown Friday by blaming it all on Democrats and taking a $3.4 million golf trip to Florida, bringing the total that taxpayers have spent on his hobby to $60.7 million since he retook the presidency in January.

This is his 13th trip to Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach country club, which is across the Intracoastal Waterway from his golf course in West Palm Beach, adjacent to the county jail.

Asked about the shutdown, which has furloughed nearly 700,000 federal workers and is forcing another 700,000 to continue working without pay, Trump blamed Democrats. He told reporters after arriving on Air Force One: “It’s their fault. Everything is their fault.”

During the flight south, he spent time posting photos of his latest renovation project at the White House, redoing the Lincoln bathroom in ornate marble and gold. “The Refurbished Lincoln Bathroom in the White House — Highly polished, Statuary marble!” he wrote.

Trump has already paved over the Rose Garden and turned it into a budget-hotel style patio and more recently tore down the entire 123-year-old East Wing to make room for a massive ballroom.

In his first nine months in office, Trump has played golf at his own resorts in Florida, New Jersey and Scotland 76 times. If he plays golf Saturday, it will be his 77th day on one of his courses on his 286th day in office, meaning he will have played golf on 27 percent of his second-term days. This includes a golf vacation in Scotland that cost taxpayers some $10 million during which he had the White House promote his opening of a new course at his resort in Aberdeen.

During his first term, from 2017 to 2021, Trump played a total of 293 days of golf on courses he owns and cost taxpayers $151.5 million to do so.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-marks-full-month-government-215448949.html

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He's not a king, remember? He can't force Senate Democrats to pass the clean CR that was presented to them on September 19.
 
archives said:
And with the one phone call every GOP Senator minus few would do whatever Trump told them to do
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I doubt it.

What do you suppose one more GOP vote would accomplish, even if Rand Paul agreed to change his vote? He is the only holdout.

Cloture is a parliamentary procedure in the U.S. Senate designed to end or limit debate on a bill, nomination, or other matter, thereby overcoming a filibuster—where senators can prolong discussion indefinitely to block or delay action.

Without cloture, a single senator (or a group) could theoretically talk forever, preventing a vote on the underlying issue.

The process stems from Senate Rule XXII, first adopted in 1917 to address World War I-era gridlock, initially requiring a two-thirds supermajority of those present and voting.

The vote threshold depends on the matter:
  • For most legislation and executive nominations (e.g., Cabinet officials), cloture requires a three-fifths supermajority of all senators "duly chosen and sworn", typically 60 out of 100 votes, regardless of attendance. This standard was lowered from two-thirds in 1975 to make it somewhat easier to break filibusters.
  • For Supreme Court nominations, the same 60-vote threshold applies under current rules.
  • An exception exists for changing Senate rules themselves, which still needs a two-thirds vote (67 if all 100 senators vote).
This 60-vote hurdle effectively gives the minority party (or a faction within the majority) significant leverage, as they can sustain a filibuster by withholding the necessary yes votes on cloture. Only about one-third of cloture motions succeed in a given Congress, highlighting its role in enforcing bipartisanship or compromise.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), known for his libertarian-leaning independence, has occasionally broken from his party, such as withholding support for certain GOP priorities or nominees to demand policy concessions (e.g., on surveillance reforms or spending bills).

In a hypothetical scenario where Paul initially votes against a cloture motion but later switches to yes, his single vote alone couldn't "force" cloture.

Cloture demands 60 yes votes outright; there's no provision for sequential reconsiderations or automatic revotes based on one defection.

Senate votes on cloture are binding and final unless the motion is tabled or reconsidered by a separate vote (requiring another majority). One vote can't unilaterally summon the 60 needed.

This dynamic has stalled measures like immigration reform or infrastructure bills, underscoring how individual leverage amplifies in a supermajority system.

How come you don't know that, Anchovies?
 
Diogenes said:
I doubt it.

What do you suppose one more GOP vote would accomplish, even if Rand Paul agreed to change his vote? He is the only holdout.

Cloture is a parliamentary procedure in the U.S. Senate designed to end or limit debate on a bill, nomination, or other matter, thereby overcoming a filibuster—where senators can prolong discussion indefinitely to block or delay action.

Without cloture, a single senator (or a group) could theoretically talk forever, preventing a vote on the underlying issue.

The process stems from Senate Rule XXII, first adopted in 1917 to address World War I-era gridlock, initially requiring a two-thirds supermajority of those present and voting.

The vote threshold depends on the matter:
  • For most legislation and executive nominations (e.g., Cabinet officials), cloture requires a three-fifths supermajority of all senators "duly chosen and sworn", typically 60 out of 100 votes, regardless of attendance. This standard was lowered from two-thirds in 1975 to make it somewhat easier to break filibusters.
  • For Supreme Court nominations, the same 60-vote threshold applies under current rules.
  • An exception exists for changing Senate rules themselves, which still needs a two-thirds vote (67 if all 100 senators vote).
This 60-vote hurdle effectively gives the minority party (or a faction within the majority) significant leverage, as they can sustain a filibuster by withholding the necessary yes votes on cloture. Only about one-third of cloture motions succeed in a given Congress, highlighting its role in enforcing bipartisanship or compromise.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), known for his libertarian-leaning independence, has occasionally broken from his party, such as withholding support for certain GOP priorities or nominees to demand policy concessions (e.g., on surveillance reforms or spending bills).

In a hypothetical scenario where Paul initially votes against a cloture motion but later switches to yes, his single vote alone couldn't "force" cloture.

Cloture demands 60 yes votes outright; there's no provision for sequential reconsiderations or automatic revotes based on one defection.

Senate votes on cloture are binding and final unless the motion is tabled or reconsidered by a separate vote (requiring another majority). One vote can't unilaterally summon the 60 needed.

This dynamic has stalled measures like immigration reform or infrastructure bills, underscoring how individual leverage amplifies in a supermajority system.

How come you don't know that, Anchovies?
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You really that drunk on the kool aid, Trump tells them to go jump in the Potomac and half of them will without even asking why
 
archives said:
You really that drunk on the kool aid, Trump tells them to go jump in the Potomac and half of them will without even asking why
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Is that so?

I already told you that every single Senate Republican except Rand Paul is already on board.

Okay, Anchovies, pay attention.

We're gonna talk about this big mess called the "Schumer shutdown."

Well, Chuck Schumer, he's the boss of the Democrats in the Senate, like the team captain for blue team, is saying, "No way, we won't vote yes until you Republicans give us what we want, like keeping Obamacare cheap."

Now, why can't the Republicans just say, "Poof! Shutdown over!" all by themselves?

'Cause it's like a game with rules, and they don't have enough players on their side.

Here's the easy-peasy steps:
  1. The House of Representatives already passed a spending bill, on September 19. Now it's thge Senate's' turn. Unless the House and the Senate pass the same bill, it won't work.
  2. This is the tricky part, Anchovies. The Senate is split almost even. To pass the money bill here, you need 60 Senators to vote yes. Republicans don't have 60o votes in the Senate. The Democrats, led by Schumer, say, "Nope! We're blocking you with our l 'no' votes" (that's called a filibuster). They keep saying no 'cause they want Republicans to add stuff that wasn't in last years' budget.
  3. If the Senate says yes (which it won't without a few more Democrats helping), President Trump would sign it'. But guess what, Anchovies? Without 60 years votes in the Senate, the whole government stops dead. Republicans can't force the Democrats to vote yes.
So, Republicans can't end it alone, Anchovies.
 
Diogenes said:
Is that so?

I already told you that every single Senate Republican except Rand Paul is already on board.

Okay, Anchovies, pay attention.

We're gonna talk about this big mess called the "Schumer shutdown."

Well, Chuck Schumer, he's the boss of the Democrats in the Senate, like the team captain for blue team, is saying, "No way, we won't vote yes until you Republicans give us what we want, like keeping Obamacare cheap."

Now, why can't the Republicans just say, "Poof! Shutdown over!" all by themselves?

'Cause it's like a game with rules, and they don't have enough players on their side.

Here's the easy-peasy steps:
  1. The House of Representatives already passed a spending bill, on September 19. Now it's thge Senate's' turn. Unless the House and the Senate pass the same bill, it won't work.
  2. This is the tricky part, Anchovies. The Senate is split almost even. To pass the money bill here, you need 60 Senators to vote yes. Republicans don't have 60o votes in the Senate. The Democrats, led by Schumer, say, "Nope! We're blocking you with our l 'no' votes" (that's called a filibuster). They keep saying no 'cause they want Republicans to add stuff that wasn't in last years' budget.
  3. If the Senate says yes (which it won't without a few more Democrats helping), President Trump would sign it'. But guess what, Anchovies? Without 60 years votes in the Senate, the whole government stops dead. Republicans can't force the Democrats to vote yes.
So, Republicans can't end it alone, Anchovies.
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Never said alone, rather one phone call from the Messiah telling them to negotiate a quick settlement and the shutdown ends, as I said, they couldn’t do anything Donnie demands quick enough
 
signalmankenneth said:
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump marked the first full month of the ongoing government shutdown Friday by blaming it all on Democrats and taking a $3.4 million golf trip to Florida, bringing the total that taxpayers have spent on his hobby to $60.7 million since he retook the presidency in January.

This is his 13th trip to Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach country club, which is across the Intracoastal Waterway from his golf course in West Palm Beach, adjacent to the county jail.

Asked about the shutdown, which has furloughed nearly 700,000 federal workers and is forcing another 700,000 to continue working without pay, Trump blamed Democrats. He told reporters after arriving on Air Force One: “It’s their fault. Everything is their fault.”

During the flight south, he spent time posting photos of his latest renovation project at the White House, redoing the Lincoln bathroom in ornate marble and gold. “The Refurbished Lincoln Bathroom in the White House — Highly polished, Statuary marble!” he wrote.

Trump has already paved over the Rose Garden and turned it into a budget-hotel style patio and more recently tore down the entire 123-year-old East Wing to make room for a massive ballroom.

In his first nine months in office, Trump has played golf at his own resorts in Florida, New Jersey and Scotland 76 times. If he plays golf Saturday, it will be his 77th day on one of his courses on his 286th day in office, meaning he will have played golf on 27 percent of his second-term days. This includes a golf vacation in Scotland that cost taxpayers some $10 million during which he had the White House promote his opening of a new course at his resort in Aberdeen.

During his first term, from 2017 to 2021, Trump played a total of 293 days of golf on courses he owns and cost taxpayers $151.5 million to do so.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-marks-full-month-government-215448949.html

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Fuck you asshole. You supported the assassination of your president so, fuck you!
 
archives said:
Ah, perhaps because he is the President
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He's not a king, obviously.

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the President is suppose to serve for the benifit of the people, duh
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So are Senators. Ask Chuck Schumer why he stopped the temporary funding bill that would have kept the government open.

I know why our president hasn't forced anyone to accede to the Democrat's demands.

Do you, Anchovies?

BTW, you don't need to end your screeds with "duh". Your intellectual abilities (or lack thereof) are obvious, Anchovies.
 
this shutdown proves beyond a shadow of the doubt that democrats are the problem in this country


how do we get 38 trillion in debt? Mostly by lying through our teeth about the cost of things.

Democrats were more invested in lying about the cost of this health care subsidy than having the subsidy live on beyond their term in power. They had all the power - but decided to lie about this being temporary so they could lie about how cheap it is for us.

And now we are shut down over that lie
 
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