Whatever Trump offers today will most likely be rejected, so he will come across as the reasonable one, trying to make a deal and end the shutdown....
The Democrats were never going to cave and give Trump 100% of what he wants, but compromise doesn’t mean giving the other side 100% of what you want....
Offer to make a deal, which will be rejected, remind the Dreamers who rejected giving them some type of status, the Democrats who claim to support them have rejected multiple times deals from Republicans...
Once the deal is rejected and the Democrats refuse to make a serious counter offer, then declare an national emergency and build the way anyway.....
At the SOTU he will say, “I’ve done everything I can reasonably do to protect our great country. I even made a deal with the devil and offered them DACA knowing that they claim to care for the children of undocumented immigrants—they even turned that down! America, I now need your help.
You elected me for this, but the left would deny you the most basic of protection. They would have more of you die at the hands of illegal criminal aliens so long as they can continue to get more votes for their socialist agenda and globalist goals.