Democrats were jubilant after they made a deal with their Republican counterparts on a border deal that gave Trump “only” a fifth of what Trump had demanded for his border wall money. Their thinking: If he refused to sign it, the government would shut down and he’d get the blame.
But that was a big miscalculation even before Trump announced that he’d declare a national emergency to get the balance of funds. Why? Because Trump got something in exchange for nothing at all, argues Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia.
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