for his proposed border wall as a bargaining chip in budget talks and then it doesn't go through, what stops him from blaming it on democrats for obstruction and saying democrats are weak on immigration? >> well, i think he'll try, but if there's an underlying government shutdown with that, i mean, he's shown, as david just suggested, an unwillingness to negotiate and deal. and as we know before the meeting yesterday, he tweeted out and attacked schumer and pelosi before the meeting they were going to negotiate, and said there was no reason to have the meeting. i would like to throw a question to david, if i could, which is on topic of the president and the end of the year. david, if we stipulate that the president gets some credit for the economy at some point, we're a year now into the trump presidency and the economy's going pretty strong, does he start to get some credit for this at some point? >> quick answer please, david. >> i think that's what he's betting on and that's going to determine what happens in the