But Nancy Pelosi recently said there was nothing she could work with Bush on, I assume she met Trump. Having Elijah meet with Trump and work things would undermine her.
But now he has to meet Trump. Trump called out the who,e CBC in his pressed. So some will go, so will stamp their feet and not go but there is the photo op for the “what do you have to lose agenda” and get some things started. It also creates a wedge into the resistor types. Divide and conquer