[Sirius Lee]

Pelousey and Schmuck have terrible negotiating skills, or just don't grasp the concept of leverage at all: "If you don't let us increase the size of government and waste more money, we'll shut dow the government and you won't be able to waste more money"

President Trump: "Okay. Terrific! Thanks for coming by."

[ClearCase_guy]

Yes.
I think it becomes increasingly obvious that our politicians have no political skill. No negotiation skill. No diplomatic skill.
Their skill is in one thing: they know how to get elected.
They do not know how to govern, how to write laws (they have lobbyists do that for them) and they cannot work with others to reach agreement on common problems.

But that real estate guy from NYC? Best politician I’ve seen in my lifetime.

[DoodleDawg]

Pelousey and Schmuck have terrible negotiating skills, or just don't grasp the concept of leverage at all

I think they understand the concept of leverage very well: they have it and Trump doesn't. The only reason they have come crawling to Pelosi and Schumer to begin with is that neither Ryan and McConnell can control their own membership enough to pass the funding resolution with Republicans alone. They need the Democrats and not the other way around. So sure there will be a price to be paid.