Inside the White House and the Republican Party, Trump is caught in a thicket of political pressures as he maps out possible requisites for a deal. At times, “it’s unclear who we’re even negotiating with in the White House,” one House Democratic aide said. Former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon and other allies, such as House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), are increasingly urging Trump to hold to his hard line. Hogan Gidley, a White House spokesman, added in an email that Trump will seek “ensuring interior enforcement, eliminating the visa lottery program and ending chain migration” as part of a dreamers deal. “So the deal Trump is offering is a very bad deal.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2018 00:34 UTC