Trump’s Position Is Weakening

Greg Sargent: “All this comes as a new CBS News poll finds that 71% of Americans overall, including 71% of independents and even 43% of Republicans, say the wall is not worth shutting down the government over. Only 28% say it’s worth the shutdown. Trump’s approval is mired at 36%. Large majorities — again, including independents — say the border can be secured without the wall.”

“Trump’s public position is weakening. The restrictionist right wing he’s appeasing — the one that Trump and Miller played to by salting the ‘compromise’ with poison pills, the one that would revolt if Trump made actual concessions to Democrats — is increasingly isolated.”