because this is the president s shutdown. correct. he wanted the shutdown. he has not spoken at all about new technology. he just talks about the nonsense wall that sam nunnburg came up with build a wall while he was on the campaign. talk about graham and other republicans who could be working with democrats here and not standing with the president. because mcconnell isn t talking. he s been quiet. the most interesting thing with the meetings is the fact that mitch mcconnell doesn t say anything. if there was a deal in the works, real negotiation, mitch mcconnell would be there. and you got to give credit to graham for at least trying to come up with a compromise. does strike me a little naive, you know, how many times do you have to have lucy take the football away before you realize you re not going to be able to make a deal with somebody like trump who is an unreliable negotiator, they ve been down this path and frankly i don t think donald trump wants a deal.