Rothman: Trump Supporters Are Really Acknowledging the Wall Isn’t on the Table if We Are Getting This Deal

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ROTHMAN: "It’s rebuffed his right flank. I actually think the President's move here is rather savvy. It’s only because it has exposed the farce of this whole thing. His supporters are now acknowledging that the wall really isn't on the table if we're getting this deal and we're only getting steel slats along the portion of the border for $5 billion, which is well south of what they're initially asking for in the earlier stages of this administration, around $25 billion. Then it's not a deal at all. Likewise, Democrats have now been forced to say, 'Well, we would entertain something like a wall for a permanent DACA fix. So no longer is this even an immorality that we can countenance; it is part of a broader negotiation. The fact that this is all happening in public means we’re still at the posturing stage, but that to me is some movement.”