It’s hard for anyone to criticize DJT. The man is a phenomenon and very, very intelligent. If he has anything to learn is it is the Art of the (Political) Deal. Paul Ryan is a grand mater that that chess game, and double dealing. BUT, President Trump is a fast learner. No doubt the progressives were not ready for this president, but progressives have all their oars in the water trying to pull Trump in the opposite direction. At some point I hope that the President will decide to start playing tough. It is virtually impossible to be “nice” to a progressive and expect to get their support. I was disappointed that the President did not insist on a few million dollars as a token of support for building the wall, but as he might say “the wall will be built, it’s going to be built don’t worry. B’leaveMe!”
No one knows that better than The Donald, as he amply demonstrated from the Day One of his campaign.
The thread linked above at post 13 explains the depths of this situation and one of the four installments in that excellent series (all linked on the thread) definitely predicts he will lower the boom in due time.