And snuggling up to Pelosi and Schumer is the way to do it?
Is that the best analysis you can do? From a prior post:
What’s happening is nothing more than The Art of the Deal. According to Trump, you can’t make a good deal if the other party thinks you are unable or unwilling to walk away. McConnell and Ryan have been thinking this all along. It’s their MO. I.e.: they give us repulsive candidates like McCain and Romney, and then snicker, ‘What are you going to do? Vote Democrat?’
They tried the same strategy on Trump and he did an end run. The point was not to side with Pelosi. The point was to let McConnell and Ryan know they haven’t got Trump in the box they thought they had him in. It will give Trump invaluable leverage in the future.