He knows all of this, saw it long before it got to this point, and has made the chess move of being "presidential" in reopening the government while allowing them yet "one more chance" to "do the right thing."
Partly to be able to honestly say the American people, "I gave them every chance to solve the border problem."
Partly to be able to tell voters in 2020, "Do you want their ’vision’ of America, or do you want America?"
They live in an obsessed existence‐pacing the floors at night‐dealing with how he’s taking away the vision of what they want America to become.
He slept last night like a baby.
He’s five moves ahead, even while they dance on his "grave."