Trump vs. Democrats: Who flinches, loses

In the national Park of the Rocky Mountains, the winter service is currently not available. And without cleared roads, it is this time of year is practically impossible to visit the Park. Responsible for the for a week already-running "Shutdown", so the closure of Parts of the US authorities is. Without an agreement in the budget dispute, there is officially no money to pay the workers from Snow plowing service.

other U.S. institutions – such as the National Zoo or Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., starting in the new year. Both of them had bridged the "Shutdown" to date, with reserves. Not able to do already. While, for example, border control officers or security personnel need to work at the airports, in spite of a lack of financing since the days of the provisionally without payment, has closed a quarter of all the authorities fully. About 800'000 state employees currently receive no reward. The Thousands of sub-contractors need to stay home. For many American families, the message from the "Shutdown was" not a nice Christmas message.

A quick end to the administration of the state of emergency is not in sight. Both US President Donald Trump, as well as the Democrats insist on their positions. Will negotiate again in the new year.

the tactics of The Democrats currently in: wait

Trump is a total of 5.7 billion US-dollars to his campaign promise to carry out the construction of a border wall. Exactly the wall that he claimed in the election campaign, the Mexicans would carry the bill. The Democrats refuse, however, to his request. For securing the U.S. border, a total of 1.3 billion US-dollars is sufficient, a wall superfluous.

As the house of representatives with its new democratic majority on 3. January begins its work, is to wait for the current tactics of the democratic leadership:. Nancy Pelosi will be in office as leader of the Democrats is confirmed and the balance of power between Congress and the White house will change drastically. The new budget contains the Trump required wall billion, is excluded.

The US President has little ability to negotiate. Sooner or later, he will have to give in and probably all there is then its opponent Pelosi as the winner. The vacation in his Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, the President has cancelled due to the precarious situation, he remains on new year's eve in Washington. From there, he is raging with Tweets against the Democrats, and threatening to make the border to Mexico completely dense, he should not get the demanded sum for the border.

These falsehoods Trump tells most In two years in office the US President has made about 7000 false statements. Video: AFP/C-Span/CNN/White House (editor-in-Tamedia)

Created: 29.12.2018, 13:45 PM