OnPolitics Today: Trump's wall tumbles down his to-do list

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President Trump launched a round of "DACA: Deal or No Deal" on Thursday, the result of a Wednesday dinner with Democrats that found Trump and his once sworn enemies teeing up a deal to protect young undocumented immigrants known as DREAMers.

Republicans — you know, the ones supposedly aligned with Trump —fumed. And what about the wall?

"The wall will come later," Trump said.

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Trump: Protect DREAMers now, build wall later

While neither side agreed on exactly what they had agreed on, both Trump and Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer hinted at the same point: Trump's promise to build a border wall "is no longer the sticking point," as Paste BN's Gregory Korte reported.

Pelosi and Schumer trumpeted a deal that would protect DACA recipients while beefing up border security without Trump's "big, beautiful wall." Trump called the wall "non-negotiable," but suggested it could "come later" after the fate of DACA recipients was resolved.

That caused conservatives to freak out. "At this point, who DOESN'T want Trump impeached," tweeted Ann Coulter, one of many on the right who blasted Trump on Thursday.

Ivanka Trump: I can't publicly disagree with my dad because I really want to be on his team :(

"To voice dissent publicly would mean I'm not part of the team," the Trump daughter and adviser told the Financial Times in an interview published Thursday. "When you're part of a team, you're part of a team. That doesn't mean everyone in the White House has homogenous views — we don't, and I think that's good and healthy — but that doesn't mean we're publicly undermining (each other) and this administration."

Swamp in the skies: Steve Mnuchin requested Air Force jet for honeymoon, report says

Treasury Secretary and noted rich guy Steven Mnuchin reportedly requested a U.S. Air Force jet to fly him and his wife across Europe over their summer honeymoon, per ABC News, sparking an investigation by the Treasury Department's inspector general. Mnuchin later deemed his request for the jet, which costs $25,000 per hour to fly, "unnecessary," the network reported. Mnuchin's wife, Louise Linton, made headlines last month for lashing out at a woman who criticized her designer clothes.

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