How last night's dinner with Trump, Pelosi and Schumer went down

[DonViejo]

09/14/2017 06:59 AM EDT

STOP US IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, CHUCK SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI walk into a Chinese dinner on Pennsylvania Avenue….

LET’S GO OVER THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS …


-- THE DINNER: The White House served Trump, Schumer and Pelosi Chinese food at a rectangular table in the Blue Room of the White House. Trump sat at the head, flanked by Pelosi on the right and Schumer on the left. Eleven people attended the dinner -- all men besides Pelosi. They talked about China trade issues, in addition to immigration policy.

-- AROUND 9:30 LAST NIGHT, the White House put out a statement about the dinner, saying the president had a “constructive working dinner with Senate and House Minority Leaders, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi as well as administration officials to discuss policy and legislative priorities. These topics included tax reform, border security, DACA, infrastructure and trade.”

-- AT ROUGHLY 9:45, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s offices put out a statement saying that PRESIDENT TRUMP agreed to quickly “enshrine the protections of DACA into law” with “a package of border security excluding the wall, that’s acceptable to both sides.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS sent a bulletin at 9:52 p.m. saying a deal had been cut. A source briefed on the meeting told us around 10 p.m. that the “President and the leaders agreed to pair the bipartisan DREAM Act with some border security, excluding the wall.”

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/playbook-trump-schumer-pelosi-daca-deal-242702

[Not Ruth]

1. Everything Trump does is taped, let's hear the tapes

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. I wouldn't trust the Fuhrer-in-Chief as far as I could throw his stanky azz.

[Hoyt]

3. Don't trust him either, but this is good news . . . . . . for the moment at least.

If Trump wants to say "the wall will come later" or something to save face, that's OK.

Our only real hope during the remainder of Trump's term(s) is to use him on things like this. Yes, there is plenty of time for him to screw us on this and other things, but this is a good sign for those kids and immigration in general.

Of course, I fully expect the border klan groups to increase maneuvers on the border to intimidate people looking for a better life.