RUSH LIMBAUGH: “The country was just sold down the river again by your very Republican Party.” “But, folks, there was no other way this could go. Because two years ago when the Republican Party declared they would never do anything that would shut down the government and they would not impeach Obama, there were no obstacles in Obama’s way and there were no obstacles in the way of the Democrat Party.”

Reminder, from November 28: Trump: Republicans are “horrible poker players. Horrible.”

“I like Boehner as a person. He’s a nice guy. But … I heard Boehner before he left say there’s no way we’re going to close up government,” Trump said, speaking at a packed campaign rally in Sarasota, Florida.

“That means the other side just won,” he continued. “Because if you don’t have that at least threat, you can’t do anything. And they got nothing! You got to say, ‘We’re going to close it. We’re going to close it.’ You’ve got to scare them.”