# Just fund the damn government already! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357 "2020-12-18T19:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/21 "2020-12-28T01:19:44Z")
Reports are that he signed the bill he described as a “disgrace” this evening. What a pathetic creature he is. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/22 "2020-12-28T01:22:01Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > What a pathetic creature he is. I don’t understand what his “base” sees in such a weakling crybaby. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/23 "2020-12-28T01:25:57Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Reports are that he signed the bill he described as a “disgrace” this evening. What a pathetic creature he is. [Trump signs stimulus and government spending bill into law, averting shutdown](https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/27/trump-stimulus-shutdown-congress/) Washington Post link. > President Trump late Sunday signed the stimulus bill into law, three people briefed on his decision said, averting a Tuesday government shutdown. His decision to back down and sign the measure will release $900 billion in stimulus funds into the economy that had been held up for nearly a week. > The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to disclose Trump’s move, which took place while Trump was vacationing in Florida. They said the president had repeatedly changed his mind on the matter. **Note that it’s “three people who were briefed on his decision”, not an official announcement at this point.** ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/24 "2020-12-28T01:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > They said the president had repeatedly changed his mind on the matter. Someone probably refused to bring him hamberders until he signed. Or they tricked him into signing: “Here Mister President, Perfect Leader! Sign this document and you will win the election! Thankyouverymuch. goodbye.” ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/25 "2020-12-28T01:53:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I don’t understand what his “base” sees in such a weakling crybaby. I don’t understand it either, and I’ve just come to accept that I never will. They see what they want to see in him, and no evidence to the contrary will ever shake them from the view of him as a master dealmaker. So it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/26 "2020-12-28T03:04:33Z")
I have a different scenario in mind. “Sign the f\*cking thing, or get ready to become intimately acquainted with the 25th Amendment. We can, and we will.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/27 "2020-12-28T03:13:10Z")
Never mind. Posted too late. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/28 "2020-12-28T03:27:48Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I have a different scenario in mind. > > "Sign the f\*cking thing, or get ready to become intimately acquainted with the 25th Amendment. **We can, and we will."** - Not a chance. Trump’s golf bag has more balls. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357/29 "2020-12-28T06:39:49Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Here Mister President, Perfect Leader! Sign this document and you will win the election! He was being told he was pardoning a serial killer. That’s why he signed it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-fund-the-damn-government-already/928357.md?page=1)