1. Anyone who tells you they know how Trump’s negotiations with *Republicans* are going to go is lying.
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2. It’s possible that Trump will go along with Republican plans that contradict all his promises because he doesn’t know they do
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3. But it’s also possible that our CNN-Watcher-In-Chief also sees how unpopular Republican plans would be, and decides not to support them
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4. At which point, Trump will probably try to browbeat Republicans into supporting *his* plans with his big, beautiful Twitter account
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5. But I doubt that’s going to be enough to get Paul Ryan to change his worldview or scare senators not up for reelection for 4-6 years
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6. Trump doesn’t seem to have the best grasp of, say, how a bill becomes a law, or checks and balances. Gridlock would enrage him.
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7. Which brings us back to the real tension: his lack of knowledge, or caring, about policy details, and his total knowledge of cable news
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8. The range of possible outcomes are: Trump is Paul Ryan’s rubber stamp, he Trumpizes the GOP, or total gridlock. So, everything!
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Or some combination -- say 70% gridlock, 15% Trumpize GOP, 15% Ryan's rubber stamp.
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they both think they will rubber stamp each other's agenda.
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