"Since election night, Trump has gestured at compromise in his last two years in office. In an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent and Free Press columnist Ross Douthat that aired Sunday, the president restated the possibility of cooperation with Democrats on immigration legislation. He suggested a more moderate approach to deporting illegal immigrants, and he appeared to criticize the “far right,” who he said “would like everybody taken out”—not only violent criminals.
"But when asked if any of those hard-liners happen to work in his own White House, the president demurred. And his silence was telling. On the same day as the interview, he named Stephen Miller—the hard-liner-in-chief—as his next chief of staff. That simple act will make compromise much more difficult, on immigration and any number of issues."
@EliLake on how 'Donald Trump Doubles Down'
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"But when asked if any of those hard-liners happen to work in his own White House, the president demurred. And his silence was telling. On the same day as the interview, he named Stephen Miller—the hard-liner-in-chief—as his next chief of staff. That simple act will make compromise much more difficult, on immigration and any number of issues."
@EliLake on how 'Donald Trump Doubles Down'
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www.thefp.com Donald Trump Doubles Down Think the president is in a reconciliatory mood? Think again, writes Eli Lake. 
