He actually blew it before it even started, with his loud declaration he’d be proud to shut down the government. This piece of idiocy self-disembowled his later predictable effort to blame Democrats, thus ensuring they wouldn’t yield to him.
This also proves that standing up to bullies works.
Having beaten him on the wall now, Democrats won’t give it to him later. His threat to shut the government down again on February 15, to get it, is hollow. You know the aphoristic definition of insanity — doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
Now there are cracks in his previously monolithic support, as some are disgusted by his caving on his signature promise, and some begin to realize maybe they made a mistake putting faith in such a fraud. Polls now show 57% of Americans rule out voting for Trump in 2020.
If he were smart he’d deep-six the whole wall thing and move on, hoping this fiasco might dim in memory by 2020. Otherwise he’ll just keep reminding voters of it. Only a fool would do that. Of course, that’s exactly what he is. Our saving grace. Imagine if we had a man this bad who actually knew what he was doing.