CNN's John Berman asked Times reporter Maggie Haberman if the White House was ready for a Democratic House after the mid-term elections.
She pointed out there was a difference between what White House staff will figure out, and what Trump is going to do.
"You have seen an early discussion of this, Democrats and some of the White House were looking at what can they work on together to make the White House not look terrible and make the Democrats look like all they are doing is attacking, and I think it will be hard for the House Freedom Caucus and the president's base," she said.
"At the end of the day, the Democratic base is not going to go for that, so I think what you have next is the president saying to people, this is good for me, I have a dysfunctional congress, which is what they assume will ultimately be what it looks like, but just in terms of getting anything done, including possibly a budget, he believes that a divided government could be useful for him, whether that reality is the case."
"Just in terms of having another target -- "
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