Trump hasn’t really paid much attention to the wealthy, so that’s not likely it.
I surmise that he knew the shutdown needed to end because people were suffering, If you don’t accept that he has compassion, then maybe you’d accept that the suffering people would mean lost votes in 2020. Pelosi, however, couldn’t care less about the people (gov’t workers or the people at the border who need the wall), so she would never change her blocking Trump’s plan
So we have three weeks to work it out, or we go back to the shutdown.
Well, that’s the idea. But I think Trump will get the wall built another way.
Remember, everyone—Obama, Schumer, Biden, Hillary—have all promoted a wall or barrier, some as recently as last year.. The wall is wanted except they don’t want Trump to do it. They want it to be a failure so they will not give in.
It is my personal belief that the wall will be built another way. But if people suffer or get no pay, it will hurt the people, the economy, and votes. Pelosi has proven that she will block or obstruct anything she can that Trump does. Her hatred of Trump is greater than the needs of the border patrol, national security, or the suffering of gov’t workers.