Trump's border wall drama isn't over. This is just intermission

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Trump's border wall drama isn't over. This is just intermission
by Daniel DePetris
 | January 25, 2019 05:13 PM



With airports jammed with angry passengers, Republican senators blaming each other behind closed doors for the government shutdown, and President Trump’s poll numbers tanking, the writing was on the wall. Feeling pressure from his fellow Republicans to reopen the government, Trump announced Friday afternoon that a deal was reached for federal employees to come back to work as negotiations on border security are given a little more time.

A week ago, the White House was firm on its demand: Parts of the government will remain shuttered until Democratic lawmakers write a $5.7 billion check for a border wall. Trump’s capitulation (and make no mistake, it was a capitulation) is a complete reversal of the White House position and a blowout win for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in her first month back on the job.

Trump, however, remained defiant. At the same time he asked lawmakers to work in unison for the benefit of the nation, he threatened to use the nuclear option if Congress can’t come up with a solution. "I have a very powerful alternative, but I did not want to use it at this time," Trump said in the White House Rose Garden. "Hopefully, it will be unnecessary.”

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[Free Vulcan]

He must get the wall to remain politically viable.

The emergency EO must be on the table.

He needs to quit the frontal attack and undermine Pelosi's and Schumer's position, starting with courting more moderate Congress people in their caucus.