The greatest negotiator in the history of negotiators born on planet negotia in the capital city of negotiation-ville was shot down by Chuck Schumer. The deal he offered was to fund Obamacare in exchange for funding the wall.
The White House is offering Democrats a dollar-for-dollar deal to fund Obamacare subsidies and the border wall in the upcoming spending bill, according to budget director Mick Mulvaney, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shot it down, with snark.
Mulvaney told Bloomberg Live on Friday that White House officials have told Democrats they’re willing to fund $1 in Obamacare subsidies for every $1 that’s provided for the border wall as both parties look to avert a government shutdown next Friday.
Not only did Schumer knock it down but he mocked Trump while doing so:
Schumer’s office quickly threw cold water on the proposal, with spokesman Matt House saying Democrats thought Mexico was supposed to pay for the wall.
“The White House gambit to hold hostage health care for millions of Americans, in order to force American taxpayers to foot the bill for a wall that the president said would be paid for by Mexico is a complete nonstarter,” he said. “If the administration would drop their eleventh-hour demand for a wall that Democrats, and a good number of Republicans, oppose, congressional leaders could quickly reach a deal.”
I’m sure Trump is playing 459th dimensional chess crossed with chutes and ladders and monopoly. He’s got Schumer RIGHT where he wants him!!
Oh, and wow, he was gonna fund Obamacare – did he mention he was gonna do that in the campaign? And doesn’t this mean that he’s basically giving up on Mexico paying for the wall? I mean, if he expected to extort money out of our yuge trade partner to the south, why would he cave on Obamacare?
I guess I don’t understand 459th dimensional chess as well as the greatest negotiator who was ever conceived by negotiators. Ever.