[TheRealThing]

If the alternative to what Trump has offered is nothing, then nothing is a much better alternative. Trump got elected by convincing voters that he would be tough on the illegal immigration problem. Granting amnesty and citizenship to ANY illegal immigrants is not being tough on illegal immigration.

If I was Trump, I would have offered a bill that would have granted the so-called "dreamers" legal status that does not include a path to citizenship, provided that said dreamers have not already committed felonies. In exchange, I would have held firm on funding for the wall.

Finally, I would have courted moderate Democrats like Manchin and pressured the RINOs to support the bill and demanded that the Senate suspend the cloture rule.

Given the state of the economy and Trump's improving job approval ratings, he had some leverage to negotiate a good immigration deal. That leverage is gone.

Sounds great to me! I did see where Trump has been asking McConnell to end the rule of cloture though.


May of 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday thoroughly rejected President Donald Trump’s call to nuke the legislative filibuster.

“That will not happen,” the longtime lawmaker told reporters Tuesday when asked if he would lower the Senate’s 60-vote threshold needed to end debate on legislation to a simple 51-vote majority. “There is an overwhelming majority … not interested in changing the way the Senate operates [on legislation].”
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/02...filibuster

August 2017
President Trump on Wednesday called for Senate Republicans to get rid of the legislative filibuster.

"If Republican Senate doesn't get rid of the Filibuster Rule & go to a simple majority, which the Dems would do, they are just wasting time!" Trump tweeted Wednesday.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrati...filibuster

January 2018
The White House on Sunday called for Senate Republicans to change the chamber’s rules to resolve the funding impasse as the government shutdown continued into its second day.

President Donald Trump tweeted his call for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to invoke the so-called nuclear option and thereby remove leverage for Senate Democrats.
Read more: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/trump-c...z55RGd18CL