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Trump privately gripes that GOP was outplayed by Democrats
The BUCK stops nowhere near the slob.
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump appears to be moving -- unhappily -- closer to signing a bipartisan agreement that provides only a fraction of the money he demanded for a border wall. But in conversations with allies over the past days, he has griped that Republican negotiators were outplayed by their Democratic counterparts, securing a border funding number far smaller than Trump has spent the last two months demanding.
As a months-long government funding standoff appears to reach its conclusion, Trump has found his seat at the negotiating table diminished after his tactics failed to yield progress. For a candidate who campaigned as the consummate deal artist, it's an unpleasant reminder that grand bipartisan compromises have so far evaded him.
The President's own aides have worked behind the scenes to cast the outcome less as a concession and more as an opportunity. Trump himself has been only partly receptive to that characterization.
White House aides were still reviewing the legislative text of the bill -- which stacked up to more than 1,000 pages -- on Thursday, looking for any potential "landmines" that might cause the President to reject it. Trump signaled to advisers and allies this week he was inclined to sign it to avoid another government shutdown, and would use executive action to attempt securing additional border wall dollars.
As a months-long government funding standoff appears to reach its conclusion, Trump has found his seat at the negotiating table diminished after his tactics failed to yield progress. For a candidate who campaigned as the consummate deal artist, it's an unpleasant reminder that grand bipartisan compromises have so far evaded him.
The President's own aides have worked behind the scenes to cast the outcome less as a concession and more as an opportunity. Trump himself has been only partly receptive to that characterization.
White House aides were still reviewing the legislative text of the bill -- which stacked up to more than 1,000 pages -- on Thursday, looking for any potential "landmines" that might cause the President to reject it. Trump signaled to advisers and allies this week he was inclined to sign it to avoid another government shutdown, and would use executive action to attempt securing additional border wall dollars.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/politics/donald-trump-wall-negotiations-spending-bill/index.html
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wouldn't the rational way to "win" be to side with the Dems? Just sayin'... 
