Trump Announces He Will Fix Health Care By Himself

What is President Donald Trump willing to negotiate over when it comes to immigration? In her briefing Wednesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeated what the administration has said since Sunday, when it released its list of legislative priorities on immigration: the objectives “should be included in any immigration legislation Congress considers.”

The priorities—including funding and construction of a border wall, more funding for internal enforcement of immigration, and reforms of the system toward a merit-based regime—are in line with President Trump’s campaign promises on immigration. But are they the starting point for negotiation, or a line in the sand? Whether Trump will insist on all of these objectives passing as part of a deal to pass a legislative fix for the DACA program, which he says he wants, is unclear.

“I’m not going to stand up here and negotiate from the podium with you guys,” Sanders said to that question Wednesday. “That’s something for the president and Congress to work out, but we’re laying out our priorities. That’s exactly what we put in that document and we’re going to work with Congress to try to get the most responsible immigration reform package that we can.”

On a conference call with reporters on Sunday, a senior administration official also echoed this view by declining to comment on whether or not Trump would veto any DACA fix that did not include these priorities. “We’re not discussing what’s a veto threat right now, and we’re not looking to negotiate with ourselves,” the official said. “We’re asking Congress to move on them as expeditiously as possible.”

Spotted at the White House—Former United Nations ambassador John Bolton, on Tuesday. I’m told by sources Bolton did not meet with President Trump, chief of staff John Kelly, or national security adviser H.R. McMaster. Bolton had previously been considered as a possible secretary of State, and his recent arguments on what the administration should do on the Iran deal have grabbed the attention of the president.