Pelosi, Schumer To Trump: "Let's Debate Border Funds in Private"

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(12-12-2018, 08:58 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Yes he handled it poorly. He could easily have had spreadsheets of data backing him up to slam them with and embarrased them.

Spreadsheets would have allowed him to speak beyond his talking points, but from what Tillerson and others have said, he's not too concerned about the details beyond those talking points. This video seemed to confirm that.

I doubt his base will care much about his limitations in negotiating in situations where he can't just stiff the other party and outlast them in legal fees, though, so it may not have been that bad, but he has to reconcile with the moderate Republicans his "pride" in shutting down the government over a wall and not accept a bipartisan deal.