I can see the irony of the post...
Politics gave become polarized...
I hope he does own the shutdown...

I (personally) did not find the racism that you appeared to interpret from his words...
"the racist comments that Mexican immigrants are "criminals and people who have lots of problems and drugs""...
Firstly , he didn't name any one nation , or people...
Secondly , the issue is these individuals crossing the borders ate not immigrants (in the legal sense of the word) , but are criminals by the actions they commit..
Thirdly , I can't find any country that wishes those kinds of people in it's population... How is it racist to prevent the egress of criminal elements into one's community?

An interesting reminder of past claims...
Thank you for the post and Merry Christmas

The false premise refers to your earlier example of a friend and house repairs...

Agreed... Trump made those statements.... Very well... Agreed...

That doesn't mean that those who support the wall only did so on the basis of Mexico paying for it... Or that the price is too steep... I for one never believed that Mexico would pay... He (Trump) made a promise and has been unable to keep it.. Such is life... I still believe the wall is necessary and am glad he (Trump) has not abandoned it...
If we were to stone every politician (or average citizen) who failed to keep a promise then we would cease to function as a society...

(Sorry for the lack of polish in the above post... Am writing on a crowded bus and am not in my best form)

The United States foreign aid to Mexico averages $300 million per year, this amount targets assistance for 10 programs the Mexican government is supposed to be implementing, including International Narcotics & Law Enforcement, In-Country Counternarcotics Program, Violence Prevention program (JVP), and 7 others. Yet, where are the results? What is Mexico doing to reduce crime and interdict drug and human trafficking? Mexico is 20th on the list of nations with the highest crime rates. Narcotics and drugs coming into the US from Mexico, Central and South America are all smuggled through Mexico. We give Mexico more than any other country and what do we get? A flood of illegals and drugs. Helluva deal.

The US GAO took data from 3 national studies on the costs of illegal immigration and published its findings: All three national studies concluded that illegal aliens in the United States generate more in costs than revenues to federal, state, and local governments combined.

According to research by the Center for Immigration Studies on the Cost of a Border Wall vs. the Cost of Illegal Immigration, the fiscal burden on American taxpayers is $75,000 for each and every illegal. The number of illegals in the US is near 12 million, most of whom are on some sort of welfare program. You do the math. If that is possible.

CIS Key Findings

There is agreement among researchers that illegal immigrants overwhelmingly have modest levels of education — most have not completed high school or have only a high school education.

There is also agreement that immigrants who come to America with modest levels of education create significantly more in costs for government than they pay in taxes.

A recent NAS study estimated the lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) of immigrants by education. Averaging the cost estimates from that study and combining them with the education levels of illegal border-crossers shows a net fiscal drain of $74,722 per illegal crosser.

The above figures are only for the original illegal immigrants and do not include any costs for their U.S.-born descendants. If we use the NAS projections that include the descendants, the fiscal drain for border-crossers grows to $94,391 each.

This means that for each 100,000 illegal immigrants stopped or deterred by a wall, the saving to taxpayers would be nearly $7.5 billion.

If a border wall prevented 160,000 to 200,000 illegal crossings (excluding descendants) in the next 10 years it would be enough to pay for the estimated $12 to $15 billion cost of the wall.

Newly released research by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) done for the Department of Homeland Security indicates that 170,000 illegal immigrants crossed the border successfully without going through a port of entry in 2015. While a significant decline in crossings from a decade ago, it still means that there may be 1.7 million successful crossings in the next decade. If a wall stopped just 9 to 12 percent of these crossings it would pay for itself.

If a wall stopped half of those expected to successfully enter illegally without going through a port of entry at the southern border over the next 10 years, it would save taxpayers nearly $64 billion — several times the wall’s cost.

The effectiveness of a border wall has already been proven in the San Diego area and elsewhere, walls have reduced illegal border crossings by as much as 95%.

Build the damned wall, who gives a shit who fronts the money, at the rate things are going, the wall would pay for itself in one year.

In his impromptu on camera meeting with Pelosi and Schumer, Trump said, for the whole world to hear, “I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck. Because the people of this country don’t want criminals and people who have lots of problems — and drugs — pouring into our country. I WILL TAKE THE MANTLE. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it (Dems, which he did later).” (Also note, BTW, the racist comments that Mexican immigrants are "criminals and people who have lots of problems and drugs.")

President Donald Trump believes responsibility for a government shutdown goes straight to the top, right to the president’s office. At least that’s what he said on Fox News — when he was talking about Barack Obama in 2013.

Trump revealed his views when he was asked on “Fox & Friends” about a pending government shutdown which occurred over a funding battle in October that year.

“Boardroom here,” said host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, referring to Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice,” in which he summarily fired people. “Who’s getting fired? Who’s going to bear the brunt of the responsibility if indeed there is a government shutdown?” she asked Trump, who had called in to the program.

“If you say who gets fired it always has to be the top,” Trump responded. “Problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. And the president’s the leader. He’s got to get everyone in a room and he’s gotta lead. But he doesn’t do that,” Trump added, referring to Obama.

“And that’s why you have this horrible situation going on in Washington. It’s a very, very bad thing and it’s very embarrassing worldwide.”

He also noted that when people look back on a shutdown in history, they’re “going to be talking about ... who the president was at that time. They’re not going to be talking about who was the head of the House, the head of the Senate, who’s running things in Washington.”
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/asked-apos-gets-fired-apos-021449862.html

What ALL you liberal knuckleheads leave out of your endless rants against Trump is the fact that A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS IN THIS COUNTRY WANT A WALL!!

You conveniently "skip over" what illegal immigrants COST the taxpayers every year (much, much more than the cost of a wall).

Pin-head Pelosi says a wall is "immoral". That is one politician's opinion (that even she doesn't really believe) and it is supposed to "override" the majority of voters' wills.

Obfuscate, deny, gloss over, that fact all you want, but the fact still remains....the American majority WANT A WALL BUILT!

Sh*t-for-brains Schumer never admits it, he's so arrogant, he believes that what he wants is more important than what Americans want. He leads his party like a little "Hitler" and the liberal lemmings follow due to a severe lack of intelligence, guts, and patriotism.

The biggest flaws in the Democrat party are Pin-head Pelosi and Sh*t-for brains Schumer. The Republican Party have their RINOs and the Democrats have sinister Schumer and pernicious Pelosi. After Jan 3rd, the Democrats will have even more California cretins and New York knuckleheads on their side. At that time, the will of the American people will be even LESS relevant!