There was a moment in that Trump, Chuck and Nancy meeting about "The Wall" at the
She'd put on her best
But it didn't turn out that way, did it?
And afterward, the two
But they lost, and Trump won, publicly willing to accept blame for shutting down the federal government if he doesn't get a paltry $5 billion for that wall he wants.
And now Chuck and Nancy have once again allowed
Hadrian actually built his wall. Trump just talks about building one.
The Nancy, Chuck and Trump show will continue, although the 36-month sentence handed down to Trump's fixer lawyer
Yet it was clear by the pained smirk on Chuck's face, and by Pelosi's bizarre vulgarity, babbling on as she did about skunk urine and manhood, that Trump won their meeting.
The way I see it,
And American taxpayers?
A lot of them want a wall, they want an immediate stop to illegal immigration, and they don't like being played.
Which is probably why, in their
"So, I don't think we should have a debate in front of the press on this," she said, repeating her media discomfort many times.
Happily, for that one day at least, the media weren't the enemy of the people. They were enemy of the Pelosi and Schumer.
Clearly, Pelosi believes that certain topics, i.e., American border security, should never be discussed in front of the children.
And who are the children? The American people, seated at the kids table, so they won't be troubled by troublesome grown-up talk. But Nancy? Not all American taxpayers yearn to be infantilized.
After it was over, Chuck mumbled as if he'd just had unmentionable outpatient surgery. And Nancy bragged about how she was "the mom" in the room, before she veered off to a treatise on skunk urination fights while questioning the president's "manhood."
We can at least thank Pelosi for having the decency not to hold up her hands.
But when a gentlewoman like
I'm clearly in the minority. Many pundits puffed up their chests and waxed proudly that Pelosi was "the mom."
But let me ask you: Does your mom talk about skunk urine in public?
I will not repeat her quotes here. Cheering on a great lady like Pelosi as she debases herself by crawling through the mud of VulgarTowne is something I just won't do. Feel free to Google her comments while you're eating lunch.
But Trump won, even without much help from that silent white-haired throw pillow in the room. I believe the pillow may have been the vice president of
Now, how much did Hadrian spend on his wall blocking the blue-painted Scots from drifting southward into what became
Hadrian had his legions, and slaves, so it probably didn't cost the $5 billion Trump is demanding for his wall.
The upshot of the Nancy, Chuck and Trump show the other day at the
While many who "believe" in government as others "believe" in Christ might freak at the prospect of a government shutdown, it means only that unnecessary government workers will go on furlough, and get their checks later.
Watching them yak at each other in the
Republican Sen.
I wondered if Paul might have trapped them as did Trump, without a trace of irony on his face. I just don't think Paul could have pulled it off.
But Paul would have done what Trump forgot to do, with those cameras rolling and Nancy thinking of skunk urine and not wanting the kids to hear:
Paul would have reminded
All that tough anti-illegal immigration speechifying from Schumer and
But they don't want the kids to hear about it.
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John Kass is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune who also hosts a radio show on WLS-AM.