Donald Trump addresses a press conference in the Rose Garden, January 4, 2019.

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Over the weekend, Donald Trump appeared on live TV to offer Democrats a “deal” to reopen the government. Unfortunately for the president, the offer—to temporarily restore some of the immigration protections he took away last year in exchange for $5.7 billion to build the wall—was rejected even before he took to the airwaves, on account of it being a total joke. “If he opens up the government, we’ll discuss whatever he offers, but hostage taking should not work,” Senator Chuck Schumer told reporters. “It’s very hard to negotiate when a gun is held to your head.” This turn of events presumably stunned the ex-real estate developer, who reportedly can’t believe he’s getting “crushed” on shutdown coverage, and “does not understand” why Democrats won’t just agree to give him a pointless wall that no one wants. Apparently, he was left with no choice but to spend the 30th day of the shutdown on a manic Twitter tear in which the leader of the free world sent a whopping 40 tweets into the universe, instead of working on, say, reopening the federal government.

The first tweet of the day was standard fare for the 45th president and involved boasts about how great the economy has fared under his tutelage, plus complaints that the media doesn’t adequately cover how awesome he is:

That was followed by a weather report that included some climate-change-denial catnip for the base:

Next up: a quartet of tweets trashing Nancy Pelosi:

At 9:03 A.M., the president apparently “heard” he’s polling well with “Hispanics” and reminded people of his illustrious real estate career—y’know, the one littered with bankruptcies and unpaid contractors:

That followed thanks to the father of a right-wing conspiracy theorist, a shout-out to one of his favorite dictators, a video commemorating his first two years in office, and fourteen retweets of people praising his TV appearance the day prior and trashing Democrats for not accepting a deal that even G.O.P. Senator James Lankford said wasn’t meant to be taken seriously.

Up next, naturally, was a thank-you to the actor James Woods:

Complaints about how Melania “I really don’t care” Trump doesn’t get the praise she deserves:

A message to the 800,000 federal workers not receiving a paycheck because of him:

Congrats to his favorite N.F.L. coach:

An endorsement of Curt Schilling:

And, following a retweet of Don Jr.’s claims that the left is “trying desperately to destroy my family and especially @realDonaldTrump,” a little shoutout to himself before tucking in for the night:

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The Trump administration decides an e.Coli outbreak would be a bad look

Not a bad enough look to end the shutdown, of course, but at least enough to possibly force a few more federal employees to work without pay:

As the partial U.S. government shutdown enters its record 30th day, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner said the agency may recall more people to perform high-risk food safety inspections and other tasks.

In a series of tweets on Sunday, F.D.A. commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the department is operating with a “smaller than . . . usual footprint” but insisted that the team is “targeting the riskiest products to make sure that Americans remain protected.”

Michael Cohen threatened to take CNBC to court over Trump’s unpopularity

If at first you don’t succeed (by paying an I.T. firm to rig online polls), try, try try again (by threatening to sue):

Donald Trump and his then-attorney Michael Cohen pressured CNBC in 2014 to place the real-estate tycoon higher in its list of the country’s top business leaders after Mr. Cohen failed to manipulate the rankings in Mr. Trump’s favor, according to people familiar with the matter.

Mr. Cohen called CNBC and threatened that Mr. Trump would sue over his poor standing in the ranking, arguing that the news channel was “ignoring the will of the people,” the people familiar with the matter said. CNBC didn’t respond to the threat, and Mr. Trump didn’t sue. Mr. Cohen didn’t respond to requests for comment. Mr. Trump also called network executives to complain, the people familiar with the matter said, in addition to griping publicly on Twitter about it.

CNBC and the Trump Organization declined The Wall Street Journal’s request for comment. In a statement, a lawyer for Trump said “The president stands by his tweets.”

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IMF says the global economic expansion is losing momentum as it cuts growth forecasts (CNBC)

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Companies Try to Skirt Shutdown’s IPO Limbo (W.S.J.)

U.S.-China Trade Talks Falling Short on Make-Or-Break IP Issues (Bloomberg)

Google Fined $57 Million in Biggest Penalty Yet Under New European Law (W.S.J.)

Hedge Fund Billionaire Ken Griffin Buys $122 Million London Home (Bloomberg)

Texas couple hold wedding ceremony at Whataburger (UPI)