Jonathan Swan knows Trump is unpredictable and doesn't try to hard to do it. Smart fellow.
In Pressure grows on Trump to change border policy for kids he says this:
We know that Trump is responsive to traumatic images (including kids being gassed in Syria), and he's acutely attuned to how issues play in the media. So some well-wired Republicans think he may eventually find a way to change the policy announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
-Trump is expected to be personally confronted on the issue when he is the guest for a special meeting of House Republicans tomorrow evening.
-Multiple sources in close touch with the White House believe this issue is providing images that fuel the left's worst views of the administration.
-But sources say Trump views the issue as leverage, and will try to get funding for a border wall or other concessions for a rollback of the policy.
So it's basically Trump vs. GOP Establishment and the media alarmists. So far gambling along with Trump has been the winning bet.
We shall see.
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2:41 PM 6/18/2018
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