'This is a cave, not a wall': Internet slams Trump's humiliating defeat on the shutdown fight
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January 25, 2019 | 03:09PM ETMediaWhile he tried to declare victory in ending the government shutdown fight on Friday, it seemed no one in the world bought President Donald Trump's transparently ridiculous spin.
In a Rose Garden speech, Trump said the government will reopen for three weeks while debates about border security funding continue. Though he claimed to have secured concessions from Democrats, this was flatly untrue — the solution is exactly what the opposition party has been demanding since the shutdown began 35 days ago.
In other words, all the pain, anxiety, and uncertainty caused by the president's shutdown was completely pointless.
Here's how people reacted to his speech:
This is a cave, not a wall. https://t.co/omeyvT693V— Working Families Party 🐺 (@Working Families Party 🐺) 1548444795
Did he end the shutdown for the State of the Union or the Super Bowl?— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence O'Donnell) 1548446236
We'll soon watch Republican Senators vote for a bill reopening the government that isn't substantially different fr… https://t.co/aOibe8D0jE— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷) 1548447651
>> @brookebcnn: "This man single handedly shut down the government. It is shameful." https://t.co/iPWjhJzL2P— Brian Stelter (@Brian Stelter) 1548445878
35 days of not getting paid. For what?! #GovernmentShutdown #borderwall— Don Lemon (@Don Lemon) 1548445264
The president may be a stupid bigot, but he also sucks at negotiating.— rob delaney (@rob delaney) 1548445096
Reminder: recent studies found immigrants in the US illegally were 25% less likely to convicted of homicide, 11.5%… https://t.co/drJmDrMawj— amna (@amna) 1548445044
I’m sorry but there’s no way Trump didn’t smoke a fat blunt before giving this speech— Cam Kasky (@Cam Kasky) 1548443988
Let's not forget this. Untold numbers of people will never recover 4 weeks of lost pay. https://t.co/QJ6xhmqyMe— Abby D. Phillip (@Abby D. Phillip) 1548444658
Maybe this is part of an insanity defense for the Russia probe— Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin (@Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin) 1548444602
Oops https://t.co/JuEgtPzS7k— Bradley P. Moss (@Bradley P. Moss) 1548446182
Shutdown has been going on for 35 days, this proposal for a 3 week ext has been talked about for a long time. Why n… https://t.co/vwhPuiwNOj— Neal Katyal (@Neal Katyal) 1548445106
Not only did Trump alienate moderates with a shutdown, he upset his core 35 percent by caving - and, most significa… https://t.co/QXfZxqZk6X— Maggie Haberman (@Maggie Haberman) 1548446761
Oh boy https://t.co/aqjvdT89dI— Seung Min Kim (@Seung Min Kim) 1548446265
