There isn’t an actual border deal in Washington yet but you wouldn’t know that, given the media’s collective caterwauling over former President Donald Trump’s comments on a prospective border deal, which the media then proceeded to frame as a killing of the deal.
How do we know there is no deal? Because NBC News told us as much as they closed out their coverage of the border kerfuffle:
LESTER HOLT: Ryan, let’s turn back to those negotiations over the border and Ukraine aid, where do they stand tonight?
RYAN NOBLES: Well, Lester, late tonight, the former president issuing a statement warning Republicans that a border deal could potentially be what he called “a gift to Democrats”. Despite that, the lead negotiators believe they could release the details of their legislation early next week. They remain hopeful that a bipartisan deal…
