A government shutdown is in no one's political interests -- especially Trump's Republican Party given that they hold total control over both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Problem is they want illegal immigrants flooding into our Country unchecked, are weak on Crime and want to substantially RAISE Taxes. What explains Trump's decision to provoke Pelosi and Schumer in advance of the meeting? Some of Trump's allies will insist that he is playing a strategic game that people like me are just too dumb to see. But the simpler explanation is that Trump is playing -- and has always been playing -- zero-dimensional chess.

Source: CNN November 28, 2017 18:25 UTC