On NBC’s special coverage of President Donald Trump’s announcement of a deal to reopen the federal government, “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd said the announcement was “as close as you’re ever going to see” to Trump “conceding defeat.”
Todd said, “Well, he’s decided to make his presidency on this. I had talked to somebody very close to the president two days ago who said to me, ‘For some reason, he’s convinced himself this is his read-my-lips promise,’ the wall. At this point, now he has done this to himself.”
He continued, “One thing he now has found out is that Nancy Pelosi is not going to blink. The two of them got into a staring contest, essentially. She didn’t blink. He did, and I think he now—we’ll see if he now realizes, this is what divided government looks like.”
He added, “I’ll be honest with you, this was the most chagrinned, I guess I’ve seen this president, ever. The first time you have seen him—he’ll never concede defeat, but, boy, that’s as close as you’re ever going to see him conceding defeat as what you saw today.”
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