There was an agreement for major spending reductions if Bush 41 agreed to tax increases.
The taxes went up, but the Democrats who controlled Congress thumbed their noses at the President and there were no spending cuts.
Then they used 41’s words “read my lips, no new taxes” to run him out of the WH> Generally speaking the Republicans do not do well when negotiating with the dems.
Remember that joke about the monkeys and the golf course? You have to play the ball where the monkey throws it.
Winner of understatement of the year award.