1. Trump will NEVER do anything to help the American people.

2. Trump will never compromise with the Dems.

3. Trump will break any deal he makes.

4. Are we going to give in to Trump's insanity and enable and encourage it?

5. The US has become the dysfunctional family from hell. Appeasing and coddling the trouble makers.

with changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump can't actually do on an internationally-recognized basis (it's international waters, and the US owns only the 1st 12 miles off its coast), if Trump agrees to do something Schumer knows Trump will never do. So he's not making a deal at all; he's just fucking with Trump.

Appearing to kiss the ring is a bridge too far.

And the American people didn’t support that approach either, albeit by a small margin. We gotta be smarter and trolling him is the way to go.

I applaud Schumer here.

We'll indulge you toddler games if we can do some real work, too.

equivocation. Possible that he's past his "sell by" date. If TSF even thinks he smells fear it heightens his aggression.

is always no.

It only emboldened Hitler more.

Calls the Degenerate Scumbag out and demonstrates how bankrupt and corrupt his policies are to the millions of Americans who stupidly voted for him.
We need stronger tea than this, though.

in a way that any other country would have to recognize. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article298173548.html. He also knows that Trump will not work with Democrats on "an actual plan to lower costs for Americans." So he's offering to agree to do something that can't be done in exchange for something Trump won't do. In other words, he's telling Trump to eat shit without actually saying it.

The only thing anyone will hear (as evidenced in this very thread) is "We'll work with President Trump," which sounds fucking weak and knee-bended. "Oh, I was being a very clever boy, offering to agree to something I can't do in exchange for blah blah blah."

Fuckssake.

Here: "Renaming the Gulf of Mexico is a ridiculous and stupid idea, like most of the ideas from this real estate low life."

That's what he shoudl have said. Dems better learn quick. Or quicker, anyway.

I think the term is "too clever by half."

Adjective
too clever by half

(idiomatic, of a person, plan, theory, etc.) Shrewd but flawed by overthinking or excessive complexity, with a resulting tendency to be unreliable or unsuccessful.

Trump's nonsense.

But I haven’t “liked” his actions for years.

This is awful. But then, awful seems to be all anybody's got at the moment.

I just don't think Schumer is effective.

He’s 74, but in the senate that’s considered your prime years.

He knows Trump can't rename the Gulf officially, and he knows Trump will never agree to work with Democrats on anything. He's trolling. There's no quid for there to be a quo.

Don't encourage him. Don't even play to the idea that it could be done. The dems clearly don't have a common strategy, if they have a strategy at all.

As the leader in the Senate.

Trump already admitted that it's hard to do that--after promising he would. He's full of shit, and Schumer is highlighting that fact here.

that he will go along with Trump‘s ridiculous idea. It makes Democrats look as stupid as Trump and adds legitimacy to the idea.

So sick of Schumer.

I’ve had enough of the same ol’ same ol’. These no one is above the law or we don’t negotiate with terrorists don’t mean a thing anymore and TSF is a terrorist who has n never will serve a minute for his crimes and misdemeanors. The old guard needs to step aside and mentor, give advice on how the system can work when the opposition has all three branches of government. We are not just facing a dangerous president elect..he has the Project 2025 people, the SC and lower courts he’s stack for this very reason and that is to dismantle this country. Mamby pamby retorts aren’t how we need to respond.

What gives US the authority to unilaterally rename it? Of course we already print maps with distances labeled in miles instead of km like the rest of the world.

As long as the formal structure and process is maintained Americans will think things are OK. The Oligarchs call the shots and their puppets dance for the people.

https://archive.ph/XcJEp



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that Democrats were open to President-elect Donald Trump's idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." However, he noted that he'd only do so if Trump works with Democrats on "an actual plan to lower costs for Americans."

"That is what the American people want us to focus on first, not on renaming bodies of water," Schumer said in a floor speech, adding that his party's priorities "are so much more closely aligned with the concerns of the American people than Donald Trump's seem to be." Trump floated the idea at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, where he also refused to rule out the use of military force to take control of Greenland or the Panama Canal.

The Democratic leader's comments essentially amount to a challenge to Trump to focus on the economic issues that helped him regain the presidency, rather than merely changing names. Over the next several years, Democrats will be making the case that their economic agenda is more beneficial for the working class than Trump's.

"Renaming the Gulf of Mexico may be a zany new idea, but it isn't going to help people save money at the grocery store. It's not going to make trips to the pharmacy more affordable," Schumer said. "If Donald Trump wants to rename a gulf to sound more patriotic, I'd say we will help him on one condition and only one condition: let's come up with a real plan first — not a concept of a plan — to lower prices for Americans."

He took advantage of Republicans’ sheer lunacy to message FOR the people.

I would like to see more of this.

No good can come of it. Bad, ineffective and useless attempt at humor.

A really fucking dumb move. It doesn't take advantage of the Republicans' lunacy. In fact, it does the opposite: it only legitimizes Trump's craziness.

In no world should any Democrat 'go along' with Trump on renaming the Gulf of Mexico. It just makes his whole proposition look less insane. Instead, Schumer should have said that Donald Trump is focused on trivial, bullshit issues instead of focusing on the real problems facing Americans.

This ain't hard but boy do Democrats make it hard.

WTF

He’s a tool, but he can’t be that lame, can he?

https://hikinginthelight.us/trump-kills-rose-garden-by-demanding-it-be-watered-with-brawndo-the-thirst-mutilator/



The White House—The famous Rose Garden, in existence since 1913, is no more. After months of being “watered” with Brawndo the Thirst Mutilator at the direction of the President, the Garden is now devoid of plant life.

Stephanie Grisham, the White House Press Secretary, offered only brief remarks on the matter. “We’re looking into this obvious sabotage by the Do-Nothing Democrats,” she said.

“We tried our best and made sure that it received fresh, bottled Brawndo daily—it has electrolytes! It’s got what plants crave. When that didn’t work, we brought in the Brawndo trucks.”

When asked why the White House didn’t water it with something more conventional, such as, say, water, Ms. Grisham rolled her eyes and snorted, “Water’s for toilets.”

That is all

and reminding Americans which party is working on economic issues is now very very bad? Isn't anybody going to call Schumer elite because he used sarcasm? If someone else had said the same thing, it would be praised and fussed over as fighting back.

It is way too early to be cratering to trump over one of his brain-dead wet dreams---i.e., re-naming the Gulf. Take it back, apologize to your fellow Democrats, and move on.

After 30+ years as a registered dem in a deep blue state, fuck these guys. Off to independent land.

Trump can call it whatever he wants but the rest of the world will call it the Gulf of Mexico

I changed to unaffiliated when Biden said he thought he would have won. Personally, I think he would have lost by more & that was a damned sorry insult to Harris & Walz, who IMO ran a practically flawless campaign. For the record, I was one of Biden's last supporters before he stepped aside.

I'll vote dem & support dems but I'm tired of the old guard. That's not to say all the older people are fogies but I like the fight I see in the younger gen dems & old guard attitudes aren't serving us well.

on edit: Adding a link to this DU discussion.

Jennifer Rubin: Dems picked the wrong senator for Senate Judiciary leadership
https://democraticunderground.com/100219885158

I wasn't aware that Dick Durbin let John Roberts slide on answering questions about SCOTUS ethics.

If things couldn’t be more depressing..
ugh

He has a Sharpie, doesn’t he? If he can redirect the route of a hurricane with the stroke of his pen he can damn sure change the name to whatever he wants! 😂