It also puts Democrats on the defensive.
How can they cut deals with Trump and yet claim he is the illegitimate spawn of Hitler?
I am not sure what Trump is REALLY up to here, but it could be brilliant.
I actually think that the Dem core constituencies are pretty sophisticated in terms of policy. If Schumer and Pelosi can get them policies they want from a minority position, they will treat them as god-kings.
The narrative is already forming. “Schumer and Pelosi are out-smarting Trump and taking the steering wheel from him.”
But this is where the sophistication will come into play. The media won’t say this. And the Democratic leadership certainly won’t say this.
As soon as DACA passes, Trump is going to get the most positive coverage of his life.
“He’s matured!”
“He’s learned how Washington really works!”
And he’ll eat that up, because of course he will. And they’ll get more out of him. And then right before the midterms, they’ll call him a Nazi sympathizer again.
I don’t think it puts them on the defensive at all. They’d be getting unlimited spending capacity and a big divisions between the WH and GOP, all from a minority position in Congress. That’s wins on multiple fronts for them.
All they do is spin it as Schumer/Pelosi outsmarting the President to give them what they want, and the lefties will eat it up. They’ll be plenty of other areas where they can go all-out on obstructing the President, and the lefties will eat that up, too.