THE SOONER HE CEDES POWER TO THE HOUSE THE BETTER:

The Democratic takeover of the House makes it more pressing for Trump that he get the wall money he wants right now--and less likely that he gets it. His chances of constructing the wall of his dreams will be shot once Democrats take control of the chamber. But if there's a protracted government shutdown that carries through the holidays, it will be resolved by that new House Democratic majority anyway--and after the already unpopular president has taken a hit by shutting down the government over the unpopular issue of a border wall.

In other words, congressional Republicans will be spending these next several weeks finding the president an out.

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