Molly Ball: We Haven’t Seen Trump’s Famous Deal Making Ability During His Presidency

RUSH EXCERPT:

BALL: “You know, I don't know. We have seen with the trump base a large willingness to go along with trump wherever he may lead. When you talk to trump supporters in the campaign, a lot of them didn't think there would be a literal wall, but they saw it as a metaphor and his willingness to say it as refreshing and his willingness to stake out that position in a negotiation. They liked that. If you were to find a compromise to make some kind of deal, the real problem here is that he is not able to make a deal. That's what his supporters really want from the Donald Trump they voted for. The famous deal making ability. Where is it? We haven't really seen it over the course of his presidency. We are not seeing it now. There is no negotiation going on. Just a president tweeting contradictory things. One day tweeting a picture of venetian blinds and saying no, no, it's still a wall. Also saying we are not going to do anything until we know where he stands. We can't trust that he will do that from one day to the next.”