initially he was going to continue funding the government without the wall. called him and said don t do this. we ll be with you. it s not enough to have the base with you. democrats were not going to blink on that. just because the base is with you didn t mean you ll get a win. we ll see if he listens to them. does their influence diminish or is he going to go with more leadership? what does he learn out of this at a time when, what does he want to do for the rest of the year, now that the sg government is back open. will we have another shutdown? and also all the mueller stuff is still throughout as well. not a good moment for the president. michael cohen subpoenaed. stone charged. trump caved on the shutdown. bruised trump faces uncertain 2020 prospects. all presidents have bad weeks. this is a bad month. the best news for the president is probably in this new washington post /abc poll that says about 55% of the american public still opposes impeachment proceedings. that s the