16 Totally Plausible Deals Trump Could Make With DemocratsPolitico lays out 16 bipartisan deals Donald Trump could plausibly strike with the Democrats who won the House in the 2026 midterms, from capping credit card rates, codifying his most-favored-nation drug pricing deals, and restoring enhanced Obamacare subsidies to legalizing recreational marijuana, repealing the Canadian tariffs, mandating anti-collision aviation tech, and an immigration deal on border security and a citizenship pathway. It cautions that hardliners like new chief of staff Stephen Miller show little interest in deal-making and that the looming 2028 race could push both sides to sharpen differences instead.
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