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We are not in the midst of a conventional negotiation, in which each side is offering concessions in exchange for concessions from the other side.
Here's the basic asymmetry, as clearly as I can explain it:
Here's the basic asymmetry, as clearly as I can explain it:
1) If Democrats agree to what Trump wants, they will have made massive unilateral concessions (the wall) in exchange for Trump doing what *he himself* says he wants to do, i.e., reopening the government.
2) By contrast, if Trump agrees to what Dems want (border security + reopening govt), he will have given up *nothing whatsoever* in concessions.
All he'll be giving up is his ability to use govt shutdown & pain it's causing as leverage to get his way. That's not a concession.
All he'll be giving up is his ability to use govt shutdown & pain it's causing as leverage to get his way. That's not a concession.
3) And in this latter scenario, Trump will have gotten *most,* but not *all,* of what he claims he wants: Border security money + reopening government, both of which he says he wants to see happen.
