Scott Adams — I Explain the Persuasion Techniques President Trump is using on The Wall and DACA

The Master Persuader redux.

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I Explain the Persuasion Techniques President Trump is using on The Wall and DACA
Scott Adams

Ryan Grim — Watch What Trump Does, Not What He Says. He May Not Actually End DACA.

Trump’s base, riled up by two years of campaign rhetoric and presidential statements against immigrants, is thirsty for more enforcement actions. But people close to Trump say he genuinely does not want to end the program. They said Trump is loath to punish someone who was brought to the U.S. as a young child with no say in the matter. That doesn’t mean, however, that Trump’s personal feelings will save the program.

For DACA recipients and millions of their friends and family linked to their fates, it means that their fight is starting again, and much of the politics play to their advantage.
One major hint that Trump may not follow through comes in the form the announcement’s delivery vehicle. On Monday, the administration said Sessions will make the announcement at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning. When have you ever known Trump to shy away from the cameras?

For signs of whether Trump actually intends to deport nearly a million recipients, pay far more attention to the six-month delay than the report that he has “decided to end” the program. During those six months, he’ll ask Congress to deal with the issue. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., has made the politics easy for Trump, having already come out against ending the program.

Either Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fail to act — giving Trump an opening to quietly extend the program again while blaming a do-nothing Congress — or Congress will pass something, and the program gets a blessing from the legislature. In both cases, DACA recipients could retain their protections....

Grim's report fails to mention that American business is for keeping them, and what US firms what US firms get.

The Intercept

Watch What Trump Does, Not What He Says. He May Not Actually End DACA.
Ryan Grim

Erica Werner — Donald Trump wants to “work something out” for immigrant kids, and the GOP is not happy

Just as Scott Adams predicted.

Trump's walking back his "immediately terminate" pledge on DACA, which is angering Republicans.

Donald Trump’s new promise to “work something out” for young immigrants is dividing fellow Republicans, underscoring how difficult it will be for Congress to take any action on immigration, whether it’s building a wall or dealing with immigrant youths.

During the campaign Trump pledged to “immediately terminate” President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, including the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, which has extended work permits and temporary deportation relief to more than 700,000 immigrants brought illegally to this country as youths.

But in an interview in Time magazine, Trump adopted a far more sympathetic tone toward the young immigrants known to their supporters as “Dreamers.”

“We’re going to work something out that’s going to make people happy and proud,” Trump said. “They got brought here at a very young age, they’ve worked here, they’ve gone to school here. Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs. And they’re in never-never land because they don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Salon
Donald Trump wants to “work something out” for immigrant kids, and the GOP is not happy
Erica Werner, Associated Press

The Hill
Paul Ryan: GOP won’t ‘pull the rug out’ from 'Dreamers'

Scott Wong