For once, el Trumpo is showing that he really can be a skilled negotiator.
The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc. We must protect our Country at all cost!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017
BOOM!
And Dems didn’t have much to say about it publicly:
Drew Hammill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s spokesman, responded to Trump’s tweet by stating Democrats are “not going to negotiate through the press and look forward to a serious negotiation at Wednesday’s meeting when we come back.”
Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and White House chief of staff John Kelly will meet on Wednesday, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. The top discussion topic will be renewed government spending talks, the sources said.
I’m not necessarily in favor of an expensive wall with dubious efficacy, BUT at least Trump is forcing the Dems to give him something he wants in exchange for something they want. And “Dreamer” amnesty is pretty popular with the American public – if he can do this without giving them citizenship, while shutting down the border, I will absolutely applaud him.