their calculus. i m speculative. and if he caves, that s at the forefront of his mind. she s as tough as she k34 cans. she ll use whatever power she has. here s what s different? he s not used to it. this is the first time he s had a congressional leader push back on him in punishment and use those powers. she s shown him from the very beginning when she would correct him in the oval office. she compared the wall to his manhood. she s embarrassed him and now talken away something that was really important to him. he wanted to use that state of the union address to punish democrats and beerate them over the wall. and she took that away from him. it s unclear what his end goal was other than just rote retaliation in terms of taking away codel trip.