Poor reasoning. He protected the military but left the rest of unprotected. Very disappointing.
Given the current geopolitical situation, and the poor state of readiness in the military, I think might have felt he had to go along to get the military spending increases he needed. Recall that the military got sucked into the sequester situation and never recovered.
The ONLY thing our side got was the funding for the military; everything else benefitted the Rats.
The $1.6 billion for border security does NOT apply to the building of any wall: It is all for the repair or replacement of existing fencing.
We got royally hosed on this deal.
perhaps now he can sign some global warming deals while banning assault rifles