President Trump on Tuesday night gave some credence to the theory that he had little to do with the writing of “The Art of the Deal” way back when. After dispatching Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rescind DACA Tuesday morning and passing the ball to Congress, Trump tweeted that he’d “revisit the issue” in six months if Congress didn’t legalize DACA by then.
Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama Administration was unable to do). If they can't, I will revisit this issue!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2017
If the idea was to take all the pressure off Congress to act, it probably worked.
Wait, what? https://t.co/hGDMOq67mx
— abby borovitz (@Abby_Borovitz) September 6, 2017
"Revisit the issue" how? What does this mean? https://t.co/cOg9TH8jfs
— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) September 6, 2017
If the goal is to get Congress to act this tweet probably doesn't helphttps://t.co/8XtCFd691S
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) September 6, 2017
Doesn't that take away Congress's incentive to actually do something? https://t.co/YQYD3tqV88
— Lindsey McPherson (@lindsemcpherson) September 6, 2017
ALWAYS bet on Congress doing nothing. Why encourage them?
Also: If you are in Congress, the urgency to do something just went way down with Trump's "revisit" language https://t.co/9z5zLh21Pd
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 6, 2017
Dude, do you even 'art of the deal'? https://t.co/WRil4qs7MT
— Dean Clancy (@DeanClancy) September 6, 2017
The first rule of the art of the deal: Signal immediately that you’re bluffing https://t.co/AatZJ0ETVG
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) September 6, 2017
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This tweet just gives away leverage for no reasonhttps://t.co/iwnR5tIiIw
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) September 6, 2017
Anyone know if there's a chapter in Art of Deal called How to Undermine What Little Leverage Your Have Left?
I'm guessing there might be. https://t.co/P7sWyVPXWN
— Dan Fagin (@danfagin) September 6, 2017
The master class in negotiation continues. https://t.co/tGBBljFgjW
— James Temple (@jtemple) September 6, 2017
Solid negotiation tactic if you know nothing about negotiation. https://t.co/v6pvX515Gr
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 6, 2017
"If you don't do what I want, I just might remove any serious consequences. I'll let you know." Intimidating. https://t.co/v6pvX515Gr
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/905229806488489984
The President is now saying he'll do something about #DACA if Congress doesn't legalize the very program he just ended. https://t.co/e3R6iRIbAF
— Alex Miranda (@imalexmiranda) September 6, 2017
Trump is basically saying if Congress doesn't legalize DACA he might just do it himself. ??? https://t.co/WTXWqpxmsa
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 6, 2017
Why would states drop their lawsuit now? https://t.co/NsRmAR301z
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) September 6, 2017
Either means more hostage-shooting or he's going to return to his prior position of treating DACA as constitutional https://t.co/IrKdFb2IqV
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/realJamesAllsup/status/905235194558296064
https://twitter.com/realJamesAllsup/status/905235418496458752
For all the attention being given to this, Trump was giving speeches opposing DACA long before he announced his candidacy https://t.co/dfI8FykZVp
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) September 6, 2017
Predictable. DACA's probably gonna end up like Obamacare. Dead. Not Dead. Dead. Not dea– https://t.co/hWHJwT61Wj
— Joseph Milord ?? (@JoeMilord) September 6, 2017
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Related:
BREAKING: AG Jeff Sessions announces Trump admin ending #DACA program https://t.co/oLxvimIHyR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 5, 2017
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