In the meantime, White House officials are discussing a strategy of trying to peel off moderate and centrist House Democrats — some of whom last week expressed unease with the continuation of the shutdown. There’s a recognition internally in the White House and among top Republicans that Trump won’t get anything from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, so White House officials are eyeing Democrats in the Blue Dog Coalition or the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus as potential compromisers, according to sources familiar with the White House's thinking.

There's talk of bringing such Democrats to the White House, though nothing was scheduled as of Monday morning. Some Trump officials hope to convince these members to support some wall money in exchange for a temporary reprieve for Dreamers — the very idea the president dismissed just last week on his way to visit the southern border.

Additionally, Democrats have witnessed Trump flip-flop on the idea of trading wall money for DACA so many times that they distrust his statements on the issue. Just last week, he undercut his bargaining position yet again when he told Vice President Mike Pence he would not support such a proposal.

While White House officials believe he is now once again interested in such a trade off, nobody knows how long that interest will remain.

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