[Hoot Gibson]

You're right, Trump has offered a lot of concessions by way of overture. And at the same time many in his own party have proceeded to cut the legs out from under him while those concessions yet hung in the air. If you ask me it isn't likely that Dems of and on their own, would've had the stict-to-it-iveness to hold their ground the way they have. I'd say it is far more likely that RINO turncoats put a collaborative bug in Dem ears.

Au contraire, I agree completely with this statement. And I know for a fact the Speaker of the House during those prime bang for buck days, did as well. :biggrin:

Being president is not an easy job but great ones know when to push an advantage. Trump was elected mainly because of his promise to build the wall and to make Mexico pay for it. The best chance that he had of making good on the first half of that promise was taking a firm stand immediately after he assumed office. As for making Mexico pay for a wall, well, that was just an applause line.

Blaming Democrats and RINOs for Trump's failure to make funding for a border wall his top priority is an argument that doesn't hold water. Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell were the Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader when Trump ran for the presidency and when he was sworn into office.

RINOs were in the House and Senate before Trump entered the campaign and they have been there for decades. Nothing changed from the time Trump repeatedly promised to build a wall until Republicans lost control of the House in 2018.

Attempts to excuse Trump from trying to get a wall funded in the early days of his presidency are lame. Trump is smart enough to understand that he is not going to secure serious funding for a border wall at this point of his presidency without making major concessions to Democrats that no conservative should be willing to accept.