Ramesh Ponnuru on Trump: ‘The Dealmaker Has Not Quite Come Through’ on Immigration

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PONNURU: "Well, you know, I do think that the moment that was more propitious for a deal passed us by several months ago. I think there was an opportunity to have the Democrats — the Democrats agree to a wall, or at least some kind of border security, and the Republicans to agree to some kind of an amnesty for illegal immigrants who came here as minors. But for various reasons, that didn’t happen. I think the president first encouraged the Democrats to think they didn’t have to give up anything because he was saying so — that he wanted a deal so badly, and then he came out with a list of demands, including cuts to legal immigration, that were just way too much for the political process to handle or for Democrats, and even a lot of Republicans, to accept. Time has grown short. I think it’s going to be harder to get that kind of deal. I think that, once again, as Susan was saying, the dealmaker has not quite come through here."