OrangeVerse XXXVIII: We'll Have a Shutdown

The president met this week (with a transfixed, mesmerized or catatonic Vice President Pence at his side) with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a free-wheeling, free-speaking, free-versing, free-range conversation.

I think the whole thing bordered on craziness, until it finally hit the wall and the fighting was over. Or maybe that was just my head hitting the desk, not sure.

The Easy One

And then we have the easy one, 

the wall.

That will be the one

that will be the easiest of all.

What do you think, Chuck?

Maybe not?

So we're going to see

but I will tell you

the wall

will get built.

We'll see what happens.

It's not an easy situation.

How Big Is It?

So.

A lot of wall

has been built.

We don't talk about that.

But we might as well start.

Because it's building - 

it's being built right now

big sections

of wall. 

And we will continue

that and one way

or the other it's going to be built. 

Don't Make Me Do it, Chuck

So I'd like not

to see a government closing,

a shutdown.

We will see what happens

over the next short period of time

We're going to keep it open

if we have border

security. If we don't

have border security

Chuck

we're not going

to keep it open.

Border! Border! Border!

We need border security

And I think we all agree that

we need border security

The wall is part of

border security

Yeah.

We need border security

the wall is part of

border security

you can't have very good

border security

without the wall no.

you know what

we need border security

that's what we're going to be 

talking about

border security.

If we don't have

border security

this country needs

border security

the wall is part of

border security

it's a big part of it.

we need to have

effective border security

we have to have

border security

we have to have the wall

as part of 

border security

but we have to have

border security

#shutdown firster and damn proud of it

I - no no no no no

the last time, Chuck

you shut it down

and then you opened it up

very quickly.

You want to know something?

Okay, you want to put that on my --

I'll take it.

You know what

I'll say?

Yes

if we don't get

what we want 

one way or the other

whether it's through you

through a military

through anything 

you want to call

I will 

shut down

the government

Absolutely.

And I am proud --

and I'll tell you what -- 

I am proud

to shut down

the government...

So I will 

take the mantle.

I will be the one

to shut it down.

I'm not going 

to blame you for it.

The last time

you shut it down

it didn't work.

I will take the..

I'm going to shut it down...