My predictions for February 15, the end date for negotiations on border security:
- There will not be another shutdown because there are enough Republicans in the Senate who have no stomach for it after this latest debacle.
- Trump will declare a national emergency.
- Trump’s national emergency will lose in federal court.
- Faced with further massive failure and embarrassment, Trump and his foreign policy “braintrust” (*cough*), Pompeo and Bolton, will invade Venezuela in a “wag-the-dog” scenario.
You can already see Pompeo and Bolton laying the groundwork for military action:
Their rhetoric is of a piece with the latest fear-mongering on Fox News about the evils of “spreading socialism.” And, of course, they link this “threat” of rising socialism to Democrats and Venezuela.
“We could become another Venezuela!” they scream, citing the rise of Ocasio-Cortez.
“Socialism” has replaced “caravan” as the latest fear-mongering word on Fox News. All across America, blood pressures are rising among those seated in their BarcaLoungers® every time a member of the Fox News cray-cray team shouts, “Socialism!” (often linking the “socialist” threat from Democrats with Venezuela). Some recent examples from the past month:
Seriously. Donny Duct Tape will be in desperate need of a win after Mr. Master Negotiator© gets his ass handed to him again, post-emergency declaration.