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Michael Wolff writes a book questioning the intelligence and intellectual curiosity of the President, so the President responds by scheduling an immigration dog and pony show, open to the press, to show how smart and engaged he is. He then proceeds to confirm everything the Wolff book says for all to see. Stable genius!

Wolff says that Trump basically just agrees with the last person he talks to. So he agrees with Dianne Feinstein on a clean DACA bill and then 10 seconds later with Kevin McCarthy against a clean DACA bill. This simply confirms what we've known, but it's good to have it documented on camera.

Wolff says that Trump is bored by details and policy. Trump never discusses any sort of specifics during the meeting, and then says loudly and clearly that he'll just sign whatever they decide. Again, not surprising, but good to see it play out so clearly in public.

On a related note, why do we accept as valid this notion that "DACA has to be tied to border security"? Feinstein was almost able to Jedi mind trick Trump into a clean DACA bill. But the DACA + border security chorus immediately spoke up.

I thought we collectively agreed that earmarks were a bad idea? All bills should be clean bills! The way I see it, tying two independent issues like this together is just a macro-level earmark. You want a bill on border security? Draft it and vote on it. Do your job. Instead, and I see no other way to frame this, Republicans want to use people's lives as bargaining chips to get what they want. It's immoral.