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[Yeah, like Senatorial Genius vs Trump Genius.

Whose genius insights would you follow?]

Trump understands Mexican standoffs where everyone gets what he wants. He pretended DACA was being held up for years, when he did *nothing* about it. He didn’t want to do anything about it. I understand. DACA is one of those things he feels passionately about. He’s for it; we’re against it. I’m OK with that. Jeb would have established a big annual quota for DACA.

In the case of the stimulus, something similar is happening. He’s positioning himself for it; the Dems are doing the same; and the GOP pols in Congress want to their voters to know they’re not letting deficits go into the stratosphere. Everyone gets to position himself the way he wants to voters, even though no stimulus package has been forthcoming. That’s the meaning of Trump backing off from his statement that he’s breaking off talks because Pelosi is being unreasonable. Let her break off talks this time.

Re Presidential vs Senatorial genius - if this were a business contest, there’s no doubt - Trump would win hands down. Politics-wise, I’d put money on Senators who have survived decades of elections.