It's turns out the "J" in Donald J. Trump's name actually stands for Jell-O. The infamous dealmaker is, in fact, so useless that even senators in his own party are encouraging GOP leadership to move forward without Trump’s approval and just put something on his desk for signature.
"I do not know where the president is,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told CNN’s “New Day” when asked about Trump's position on the issues currently under discussion.
“I don't think we should wait for the president. Presumably, he's thinking it through. He’s watching to see what we’re doing.”
Oh yes, he's watching alright, from his bed in the White House residence. Just look at that spit-shined desk below. As one historian pointed out: Does that look like the desk of someone who does anything, ever?
Trump effed up the original Graham/Durbin deal.
Trump effed up the Schumer/Trump deal.
In both instances, he said he would do one thing and then he was just too squishy to stick by it. Jell-O:
“Negotiating with President Trump is like negotiating with Jell-O,” Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) complained on the Senate floor Saturday, some 12 hours into the shutdown. “It’s next to impossible.”
Well, Jell-O has since gone into hiding. As NBC News writes:
In the 56 hours and counting since the federal government has been shut down, President Trump hasn’t held a public event and isn’t scheduled to have one today. He hasn’t spoken with reporters or even left the White House. And he hasn’t been a real player in the negotiations to reopen the government.
That's right, the "dealmaker" is afraid of his own shadow—because he's so flimsy, so malleable, so unmoored that he retreats from any supposed deal he makes within hours of doing it.