At the end of the day, Trump can snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
It's what he has done his whole career.
He makes plans and knows intuitively how to get to his goal, despite obstacles.
And he fights, unlike the usual mediocre politicians.
We were not part of the (certain) conversations he had with Ryan and Mitchell. We know what was public and the opinions of "pundits."
I expect Trump to win in the end, whether this was a lost battle or a strategy.
And, he pushed the immigration button, too! He told all the DACA recipients that the DEMS threw them under the bus for the wall.