Oh BULLCRAP - did you not listen to what was said? The dealing is still going on. If he'd gone for funding for the fiscal year, yeah, that'd be a cave. He's trying to get the legislative branch to freaking LEGISLATE, which is hard for them to get used to doing since they abdicated their powers to the administrative deepstate bureaucracy long ago. If the legislative branch can't get their crap together in 3 weeks time, he reserves the option to turn the fund spigot off again. This game can go on and on until a deal gets hammered out.