Washington( CNN) There's no spinning what happened in Washington on Friday: Donald Trump caved to Nancy Pelosi — and a compromise to reopen the government was struck.
The bigger question is how. How, after 3+ years of Trump working roughshod on the political process, did Pelosi, the freshly installed speaker of the House, beat him at his own game?
The answer is remarkably simple: She said “no.” And stuck to it.
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