[Magnum44]

but why ...would you want to work with Schumer and Pelosi?

I have been asking the same question, but finally a reason surfaces...

brushing aside the urgings of GOP leaders and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for a much longer extension to the debt limit

In my ignorance of the details of the govt financing situation, I draw from this that Trump thinks its a bad idea to keep pushing out the debt issue. I believe I would agree. Seems to me like the compromise with the Dems was a better deal for the American people than what the RINOs were offering.

I'd be screaming at the RINO's "where's the budget?"

[Bratch]

A longer extension would also take away leverage from President Trump’s negotiating position.

By only extending the debt ceiling 3 months, he maintains the ability to threaten a government shutdown if the Congress sends him an unpalatable bill.

[Paladin2]

""where's the budget?""

Yeh, that now goes with "Where's the FENCE?"