Donald, Nancy and Chuck prove to be lousy sausage-makers

Before we get into all the liberal media hysteria over the government shutdown and the southern border, and Donald, Nancy and Chuck hissing at one another while avoiding a workable compromise sitting right in front of their noses, a word about sausage-making.

So here we are, with Republican President Donald Trump and his two Democratic foils, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, seemingly trying to make sausage in public but making a steaming hash of it all.

The meat: Trump wants $5.6 billion federal money for a wall on the southern border.

The casing: Pelosi and Schumer want Trump to capitulate and reopen the government, and after that's done and he's given away any leverage, they promise they'll continue negotiating on border security.

All those fats, meat, spices and casings aside, the three of them, Donald, Nancy and Chuck, met on Wednesday, and Trump didn't like what he heard and stormed off.

"Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time," Trump tweeted shortly afterward.

There is, of course a compromise here: Trump wants border security.


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