President Trump at the White House. In reality, it’s not even clear that Trump has sufficient Republican support to get his wall money out of Congress. That must be the same message that carried Trump and House Republicans to a great midterms victory! The meta-message that Miller hoped to convey is that Trump retains formidable strength in the shutdown battle over the wall, but the real story right now is that Trump is weakened. House Democrats have already begun working on legislation that would reopen the government in the new year — minus wall money — should Trump force a shutdown.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2018 14:29 UTC