I wish he would have said something to the effect that broadcasting the point at which you will surrender is why the GOP can’t get anything done.
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Trump knows exactly what he is doing. He could of come down harder on the Republican Establishment, but he tempered his remarks because he is still hoping the Republicans will come around to their conservative roots. He is not ready to kiss them off just yet. He holds his ace as a ‘trump’ card to keep them from attacking him, which is exactly what they would do in a heart beat if he agreed to be stupid and play their game. He knows the Republican Establishment hate him and they will try to destroy him and launch an all out attack on him if he doesn't maintain leverage over them. Now he is scaring the hell out of them. He knows how to play poker unlike Turtleface who announces up front to his adversaries that he will not allow the government to shut down over defunding the baby butchers.